Federal University for Health SciencesIslamabad, Pakistan
The vision for Health and Education City Islamabad is to create a compact community centered on a new hospital and medical college while preserving – and enhancing – the natural environment. Dramatic ravines, which run throughout the site, provide a defining structure for the built environment. The new hospital and medical college, located on the southwestern portion of the site, are the organizing force for all other development. They are sited to respect topography and respond to the local climate while taking advantage of views. A compact mixed-use community featuring residential, research, commercial and retail uses surrounds the institutions to provide services and create a sense of vibrancy. Synergies between the program components are enhanced by the creation of a series of well defined and dynamic public spaces. The plan accommodates several phases of expansion, including the creation of a new university to the east.
Key landscape elements, including a central boulevard, plaza and terraced gardens, provide a place for public gatherings and establish connection to the ravines beyond. The ravines themselves will feature public walking trails and plantings which serve to improve the quality of the adjacent river.
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