510
Generalized Needs and Requirements: Hospital Requirements
513.3.5
Internal Organization Requirements
The building system should satisfy the internal organization requirements
of functional units.
The general objectives of the building system which relate to the internal
organization of functional units are:
1. To satisfy user needs and the corresponding detailed performance
requirements.
2. To provide the ability to achieve the widest possible range of internal
organizations of functional units.
513.4
REQUIREMENTS AFFECTING THE CONFIGURATION OF THE TOTAL
HOSPITAL
Major building configuration variables include:
1. the type and number of functional units to be accommodated,
2. the interrelationship of these units,
3. the relationship to elements outside or partially outside the hospital
which require association with one or more functional units,
4. the organization of the hospital as a whole, with all primary operational
requirements, including all movement and support systems, and;
5. site considerations and other governing constraints, which apply to the
specific project.
513.4.1
General Options for Organization
The building system should accommodate all basic configuration options
which are commonly in use or which would offer significant advantage
should they be used.
All VA hospitals examined to date could be categorized as "tower on a
base"; that is, nursing unit "towers" stacked on a base consisting of non-
nursing functions. This configuration is perhaps the most typical
organization for hospitals in the United States today.
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