rumbalara health clinic - mooroopna victoria, australia
DESCRIPTION
Baldasso Cortese was engaged to design a facility that would provide exceptional health care services for the indigenous community in the Goulburn Valley. With a flood plain limiting the land available for development, master planning was undertaken to redefine traffic movement and create a formal address for the new facility. Peaceful views of a beautiful forest reserve to the east were integrated into the design by breaking the building down into a number of parts. Colours, textures and materials create a strong visual ‘connection to the earth’. This distinctive facility is integral to the provision of superior healthcare to the local aboriginal community.TRANSCRIPT
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RUMBALARA HEALTH CLINIC Connection to the Earth
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Set in a semi-rural environment, the contemporary design features an external building fabric that comprises the use of canted insitu concrete formwork walls.
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goulburn river…
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the site…
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health clinic master plan…
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dry river bed…
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separate elements...
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the forest...
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views to the forest...
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protection…
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floor plans…
hand sketch
1 Foyer
2 Administration
3 Consulting Rooms
4 Amenities
5 Staff
6 Dental Surgeries
7 Court Yard
8 Ambulance Bay
9 Existing Building
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materiality
Concrete
Timber
Glass Indigenous art Timber panel
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This 650sqm extension to the existing Rumbalara Health Services Clinic included:
•six dental surgeries and associated dental services•new ambulance bay and entry•staff and administrative facilities•reception and client waiting area
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The surrounding landscape has been designed to reflect the culture of the local Indigenous Yorta Yorta and Bangaran mobs.
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The building features embossed Aboriginal artwork and totems.
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The internal reception and waiting opens onto an internal courtyard to allow light within the building core.
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