Photography by Sébastien Morel We believe that one of the major challenges of multidisciplinary health centers is to encourage health professionals to practice in rural environments. With that in mind and in order to improve the conditions in which they practice medicine (office size, growing crowds, timeworn premises etc.), 12 professionals appointed Mister Alain Feraud in the fall of 2010 as their project lead. They put him in charge of organizing an architecture contest for 5 general medicine offices, 1 dental office (2 chairs), 1 nurse’s office (2 rooms), 1 physiotherapist office (6 rooms), 1 pharmacy, and 1 medical lab; Oglo was the winner of that contest. The ability to adequately synthesize the needs of all, the unifying qualities of Alain Feraud, the investors’ attentive ear, and the deep trust that was established between the clients and the architects created the ideal framework for a project oriented as much towards the patients as towards the professionals who treat them. Since the plot is incorporated in a tertiary activity sector with little density, without any particular landscape interest and away from living areas, the project tried from the onset to create a spatial inwardness while welcoming numerous personal vehicles. Forming a ...
Photography by Sébastien Morel We believe that one of the major challenges of multidisciplinary health centers is to encourage health professionals to practice in rural environments. With that in mind and in order to improve the conditions in which they practice medicine (office size, growing crowds, timeworn premises etc.), 12 professionals appointed Mister Alain Feraud in the fall of 2010 as their project lead. They put him in charge of organizing an architecture contest for 5 general medicine offices, 1 dental office (2 chairs), 1 nurse’s office (2 rooms), 1 physiotherapist office (6 rooms), 1 pharmacy, and 1 medical lab; Oglo was the winner of that contest. The ability to adequately synthesize the needs of all, the unifying qualities of Alain Feraud, the investors’ attentive ear, and the deep trust that was established between the clients and the architects created the ideal framework for a project oriented as much towards the patients as towards the professionals who treat them. Since the plot is incorporated in a tertiary activity sector with little density, without any particular landscape interest and away from living areas, the project tried from the onset to create a spatial inwardness while welcoming numerous personal vehicles. Forming a ...