The "well – baby" clinics (Tipat chalav) in Israel are public centers where preventive medicine services for offspring are offered. The clinic in Arad is located in the city center between two main walking routes, as well as near a school and other public buildings, and it's the only one in the city and its surrounding that provides this medical services. The aim of the project is to turn the building into an active environment for toddlers and their caregivers that will encourage health and early childhood development as well as stimulate the child’s interaction with his caregivers as well as with other children.
The project offers redesign of a structure that is adapted to the existing environmental conditions and reflects the characteristics and needs of the various users. The design reflects the urban texture and the geographical characteristics while preserving and combining the textures, materials and vegetation that exist in the site, as well as reference to the desert landscape and climate.
The location of the building in the heart of the city, with the combination of the various uses within its surroundings - is an opportunity to make it a community center that invites its visitors and passers-by to stay around it for most of the day.
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Waiting area
The waiting area is characterized by seats in multi-age heights. Mattresses can be stacked on the seats and thus their height varies.
Under the seats is the storage of “The Camel” and between are the strollers.
Nurse’s room
In the nurse's room, the materiality of the flooring changes and creates a line for checking stability and walking in a straight line. In addition, a cube wall produces a game for vision testing. Opposite the wall, a niche in the wall for a kid sitting.
Multipurpose hall
Multipurpose hall is divided by dynamic walls that can create different spaces in different sizes for different uses. The walls scroll on a track into an alcove in the wall.
The floor of the hall is covered by mattresses that can pull out and pile up and so it can be used for different purposes.
