Mobile healthcare is increasingly gaining momentum. Many hospitals have incorporated mobile healthcare within their healthcare system and even full projects have been done with solely mobile trucks. This wasn't unknown territory we were walking into when my team member and I decided to explore this route.
After our pin-up we received all kinds of feed back that resonated with us to re-think our proposal. Our mission statement remains the same.
Or focus was on the individuals of the community. As we researched their traffic flows and access to care, we realized that placing buildings in 4 seperate areas of the community was maybe not the best approach.
So we asked our selves: What does this specific community need?
Mobile healthcare came to mind and we ran with it. By creating 10-minute walking radii around the site (placing the centers in more dense areas and spread out from there) we were able to reach all areas of the neighborhood. Each 10-min radii would be serviced by a round of mobile healthcare trucks that rotate daily and weekly giving everyone in each part of Lawndale a much easier access to care than before.
We produced a set of 5 flexible trucks that would serve as the shells of each type of care and wellness we decided to provide the community with. As seen in the slideshow below.
The type of mid-term was not our typical formal presentation in front of a panel of reviewers. It was more of a sit down design/red-line session you would have at any normal architecture firm. This was a great way to get more of a one-on-one conversation going with our reviewers. We were able to get all different kinds of perspectives from various types of professionals in the field. This was tremendously helpful in going forward with this project.
Images:
Image 1: Taken by Luz Upegui on iphone7
Image 2: Produced by Lena Reiff & Luz Upegui
Slideshow images: Produced by Lena Reiff & Luz Upegui
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