Examination room concept

This is my concept of the examination room, it is at the beginner stage where I putt all the furniture and equipment to the room. My next step will be to add materials, textures and colours to the space so it will look alive and will show its function.

Promoting healthy lifestyle through my pavilion

Aim of the project

Increasing awareness about obesity in the UK and promoting healthy lifestyle to the community to prevent the problem. 

Increasing awareness about issue, supporting physical activity & nutrition education in the community, through this pavilion will help to provide workable solutions to the problem of obesity and overweight, and support efforts to increase physical activity.

Healthy lifestyle promotion through my pavilion / Diagram

Side wall concept

This is my side wall concept which I made to my pavilion. I did this as I have tried to make it more interesting and attractive, but also more open. I used round elements to create open wall and transparency effect.
On the model I used for those little pillars the same wood material as I used for my other wooden elements in my pavilion, which are: benches, wooden pots for trees and plants, finishes in information point.

Floor plan update

I updated my floor plan as I add more to the examination room. At my previous tutorials, my tutor said that my rooms look like simple office space and I need to show their function and why they look like how they look.
I was ask to clearly give function for all my spaces and did research how examination room should look like and how it should be equipped.
On my floor plan my examination room will include : Desk work, chairs, exam table, exam light, exam cabinets, portable sink, weight machine.

Also I add a picture of my model of the pavilion, and I have change the direction of it but also I put my green square in the middle of the whole design. I do it to create a centre of my project, so everything will make one unit even if they are separated. Now this green square is like heart for my design, people will come around and gather there, using it and visiting.

Examination room variations

 On one floor plan I choose to experiment with different variations with examination room and how all furnitures and equipment should be putted to use this space as good as it can be.

On the floor plan in each examination room is:

Desk with chair
Two chairs
Exam Table
Cabinets
Portable sink
Weight measurements machine

Introduction my functions of all my spaces

Function 1 - Check and Help

Function 2 - Educate and Motivate

Function 3 - Be Active to be Healthy and Happy

Examination room

Examination rooms are in main pavilion, and those are designed for people to come and have quick test and quick conversation with a doctor (medical interview). Test that examination room will offer to people will be a BMI and blood pressure checking. BMI test are very common, to check if patient is overweight or obese. Blood pressure is to check if functions of our heart are good.

The issue with people that are overweight or obese is that they always have blood pressure too high, which can cause serious health condition like heart attack or stroke, that's why this is one very major reason why people should live in a healthy lifestyle. But high blood pressure is also but less likely for people with good BMI.

Function 1 'Check and Help' - Test (BMI, blood pressure), medical interview, quick conversation about health condition of patient, prepare notes about results of the test and medical interview for patient. 

What this room will include?

As this is temporary space, this examination room will be a bit different from that one that we have in our GP, but also this temporary space is designed for specific function, which are just common and quick test. This examination space will need:

·         Blood pressure cuff

·         Weight Checking machine

·         Measurement (to check the high of patient)

·         Stethoscope

·         Exam Table

·         Exam Light

·         Desk

·         Chairs

·         Cabinets

Additionally examination room will include

·         Thermometer

·         Gloves

·         First Aid Kid

·         Cotton pads

·         Cotton swabs

·         Paper cups

·         Paper towels

·         Hygiene wipes

·         Hand sanitizer

Consultation room

Consultation room is where people after having test in examination room will go for more detailed conversation with different kind of specialist (dietician, nutrition specialist, personal trainers). The aim of this spaces will be to introduce the problem(obesity) and increase people awareness about it, through talking, explaining and educating. Another very important function of this room will be to introduce to people healthy lifestyle, what it is and how people can start to live more healthy, specialist will talk about benefits of healthy lifestyle and what clean eating is (as this is essential information that people need to know), through this they will try to convince people to try new way of living.

At the end of the meeting specialist will give to our patients a healthy lifestyle package with tips and advice about eating (food) and exercising, listed benefits of healthy lifestyle (to motivate), clean eating check-list(so people will have a basic information ready for them), couple of examples of exercise schedule (for diversity, people might choose whatever they prefer to do) and couple of challenges that people can start from their healthy lifestyle. Also list of gym's around the Southampton with some discounts. And addresses and information where they could get further help if they needed.

Challenges? A written and created by our team. People will choose if they want to do it and try it, this could be a starting point for them to a healthy lifestyle.

Challenge nr 1 - 30 days without white bread, pasta and rice, sugar and salt

Challenge nr 2 - 8 glass of water every day, 5 fruits or vegetables every day

Challenge nr 3 - ABS Challenge

Challenge nr 4 - Loosing weigh challenge/program

Challenge nr 5 - 30min walk every day

Function 2 'Educate and Motivate' - Talk about problem (educate), Introduce healthy lifestyle (educate), Talk about benefits of healthy lifestyle, Educate about nutrition (what it is clean eating - motivation), Chance for people to ask questions (educate - increase knowledge), Healthy lifestyle package (motivation and education)

Green Square

This green square is to make pavilion more attractive and entertainment, and to bring some nice and pleasant atmosphere to the site. Designed for our visitors to make their free time relax but also active, the aim is to create interactive space and to show to people that active way of spending free time is better than sitting and do nothing. This green square will also have a function of waiting area.

Relax in active way:

·         Improve your mood

·         Boots energy

·         Make you more happy

·         Doing something good for your body

·         Make you more productive

·         Increase self-confidence

·         Make you feel proud of yourself

There will be created 'gym under the sky' a equipment that will be waiting for people, so they can just jump over them and be active even for a while. Next to every equipment will be a information board on how to use it and on which part of our body it works and what it do. Around the green space will be walking people from our team that will explain everything and answer for every question that people might have.

It will be a great opportunity for people from University and local offices on spending active lunchtime or break.

·         Exercise is vital to everyone's health and well-being

·         It is essential to maintaining energy balance - the balance between calories in & calories out - that is central to achieving & maintaining a healthy weight.  

·         Supporting physical activity & nutrition education in the community, through this pavilion will help to provide workable solutions to the problem of obesity, and support efforts to increase physical activity

Because healthy lifestyle is a active life and healthy diet, around this green space will be fresh fruits and vegetables for free for our guest. (The more people will take and eat the better!!!)

Function 3 'Be Active, Be Healthy, Be Happy' - Green space fully equipped to be active, Fresh fruits and vegetables for free to delivery vitamins and minerals that are needed.

What my pavilion will offer