Construction of the health center took place concurrently with the development of the Karlova Ves housing estate as part of its planned community amenities. It was intended to provide outpatient services for a catchment area of 30,000 residents and, from an urban planning perspective, to form part of the housing estate’s community center. Its architectural design is based on a basic functional division into a dominant six-story H-shaped building housing outpatient clinics for adults, complemented by a three-story atrium building housing the pediatric department. The children’s polyclinic is divided into curative, preventive, and dental sections with separate entrances, which can, however, be interconnected. These two units are structurally connected by a pharmacy building and are constructed on a horizontal slab foundation, which—in accordance with the era’s urban planning principles—is designed to separate vehicular and pedestrian traffic into two levels. At ground level, there is a service area and a covered parking lot. The entrance for pedestrian patients is situated one floor higher, directly from the terrace level. This arrangement creates an architecturally harmonious and formally clean composition. At the same time, however, the building retains a clear and well-lit layout, as well as generous common areas in its circulation core.
author of the description: Laura Krišteková
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