From Vision to Reality: The Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

From Vision To Reality,
The Case of Khoo Teck Puat
Liak Teng Lit
Group Chief Executive Officer
Alexandra Health
29 June 2012
“Hassle-Free Hospital”
“I posed the challenge to the AH rebuilding team: build a
hospital… designed with patients unambiguously at the centre of
the focus, with technology fully exploited for the benefit and
convenience of patients…. It will be a hospital which is well
linked… and to which the patients can be transferred
seamlessly… It will be a hassle-free hospital.”
- Mr Khaw Boon Wan
Minister for Health
Parliamentary Debate
17 March 2004
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Khoo Teck Puat
Hospital
Alexandra
Hospital
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• Caring for our Patient
• Caring for our Community
• Caring for our Environment
• Caring for our People
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MRT
YISHUN
YISHUN
POND
YISHUN AVENUE 2
TOWN
GARDEN
SAFRA
YISHUN
YISHUN
PARK
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November 2006
Challenges To Architects (2004)
• Award winning reference site
• WOW for patients, visitors and staff
• Criticized by small-minded critics
• Reasonable cost
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Philosophy
• Adding to, not subtracting from, neighbourhood
• Hospital without border
• A public park for the community (placemaking)
• Flowing with the community instead of a stumbling block
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Design Preference
• Welcoming
• Seamlessly connected to the
neighbourhood
• Architectural solutions before
engineering solutions
• Modernising traditional designs
that work
• Greenery preferred over hard
surfaces
• Ease and low cost of
maintenance
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Patient Centric
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Hassle-free processes designed for patients’ convenience
Engaging patients and their families as partners
Safety of patients are of paramount importance
Intuitive, easy movement for patients and visitors
Minimal movement for patients
Clustering of services and facilities
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Ease of Wayfinding
• MRT/bus/foot/taxi/car/ambulance
• Separated yet linked to KTPH
• Intuitive wayfinding
• Stairs preferred over elevators (for able-bodied)
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Technology As An Enabler
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Wireless technology
Digitalized hospital
Sensing devices
Robotics
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Energy Efficient
• 30% more energy efficient
than present hospitals
• Tropical building
• Natural ventilation
• Ease of conversion of airconditioned facilities to
natural ventilation
• Overhangs
• High ceilings
• Use of solar & wind power
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Scalability In Design
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Breathability in master planning
• Modular design for ease of conversion
• Ability for lock-down of the hospital by zoning
for emergencies
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Healing Environment
• Tranquil, restful, healing environment
• Sight, scent and sound of nature
• Surrounding patients with nature
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Hospital In A Tropical Rainforest
• Lush, green functional spaces at every level
• Trees and shrubs as sun shades
• Conservation of tropical flora and fauna species
• Edible gardens in the sky
• Maximising aquaponics potential
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High Touch
• Warm, “cuddling” feeling
• Calming and cheerful environment
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Finding The New Breakthrough
Learn from everyone
Follow no one
Look for pattern
Work like hell
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Kameda Medical Center
Sportsplex Japan
Oume Keiyu Hospital
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El Camino Hospital
Sutter Health
Sacramento
Latter-Day Saints (LDS) Hospital
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Virginia Mason Medical Centre
Overlake Hospital Medical Center
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Star Cruise
Shopping Centres
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Temple
Nursing Homes
Singapore Management University
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Shangri-La Hotel
Cheonggyecheon Restoration
Project
Singapore Botanic Gardens
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Focus Group Discussion
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Volunteers In Designing KTPH
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Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
Subsidized Ward Tower
Medical Centre
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Wards
Intensive Care Unit
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3T MRI
Dual Source CT Scanner,
128 slices
SPECT-CT : Nuclear Medicine
3D Full Digital
Mammography
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Specialist Outpatient
Clinics
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Lobby
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Basement 1
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Level 1
Balcony Planting
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Garden at Podium Roof
Staff Gardening
Volunteers’ Involvement
Mr Tay Kheng Soon
(Architect)
Dr Tan Wah Luck &
Mr Lee Chiu San
Mr Ng Cheow Kheng Dr Ho Hwa Chew
(National Parks
(Nature Society)
Board)
Mr R P Jickky
(Tropical Environment Pte Ltd)
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Rooftop Farming @ KTPH
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Some crops from our Urban Farm
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Making Yishun a Great Place
to Live, Work and Play….
Connecting with the various
agencies to discuss design
possibilities for the Yishun Pond
and its integration with Yishun
Park.
Engaging URA, PUB, NParks, LTA
and SBTC
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Yishun Pond (Before)
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Yishun Pond Rejuvenated
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A Community Garden for Residents
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Beyond Resource Conservation
• Sanctuary for indigenous plants
• Sanctuary for butterflies, birds and fishes
• Improving quality of soil
• Maximising productive use of land
• “Natural” pest control
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The Butterfly Trail
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Dragonflies and Damselflies @ KTPH
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Make Singapore a great city to live, work and
play in for man and flora and fauna of rainforest
Noah’s Ark of Tropical Rainforest Species
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Key Success Factor : Abundance Mindset
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Seeing Opportunity Instead of Constraint
Cow Dung
Fertilizer
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- Winston Churchill
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My 2 Cents
• Dream big
• Sweat the details
• Engage passionate individuals
• Evolve
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Thank You