References to the healthcare sector

The new Sana Health Campus building in the Sendling district blends stylishly into the urban environment, makes reference to a neighbouring listed building and corresponds with an old building belonging to Sana on the other side of the street. Above all, the architectural concept and the design in detail ensure more than just good functionality. According to the client's specifications, the building should radiate a positive, open atmosphere and thus increase the well-being of patients and staff.

Building regulations were met without functional constraints diminishing this impression. The requirement also applied to the integration of a comprehensive fire protection concept, which is even more important for clinics than for most other types of property. This is because fires are considered the greatest risk of damage in hospitals. Fire protection doors from Novoferm were therefore installed in Sendling, which represent the state of the art and offer the architects a great deal of design freedom.

Despite all precautionary measures, fires occur time and again in hospitals, which are very sensitive buildings in the event of damage. Evacuations can only be carried out at great expense. The prerequisite for this is the proper condition of the escape and rescue routes.

At the University Heart Centre Hamburg, preventive fire protection is therefore a top priority. Only recently, state-of-the-art fire doors were installed, which are not only functional but also aesthetically pleasing. However, hygienic aspects were also relevant to the order.

The choice fell on the aluminium profile frame constructions of the ^NovoFire® system from Novoferm. With its elegant surfaces, timeless design and wide range of variants, this system offers extensive design options for interior fire and smoke closures. With a continuous profile wall thickness of 4 mm, it is particularly stable and has an extremely compact design with only one fire protection core anchored in the centre. The generous glass surfaces are particularly attractive. They enable a modern interior design with great transparency and attractive lines of sight while maintaining a high level of safety.

MORE LIGHT WITH NOVOFERM
Fire protection doors from Novoferm with glass panels provide strikingly bright corridors in the MedicalCube, a nine-storey medical centre right next to Rosenheim's main railway station. Patients are deliberately given a positive feeling through transparent entrances and plenty of light.

"More light!" are said to have been Goethe's last words and the investors in the Rosenheim Medical Cube medical centre - two doctors - were also very concerned about brightness and the associated patient satisfaction. With their ideas, Dr Dr Ulrich Longerich and Dr Matthias Thurau refer primarily to the findings of the American physician William Worrall Mayo (1819 - 1911), who recognised a connection between patient satisfaction and successful treatment and founded the world-famous Mayo Clinics in the 19th century.

Novoferm aluminium tubular frame doors from the ^NovoFire® series in T30 RS, measuring 1.30 x 2.26 m, were installed here in order to achieve maximum light penetration in the unexposed building core and thus create a particularly pleasant ambience. These were fitted with stainless steel hinges and a C-Lever fitting.

This is a prerequisite for an electronic door lock, i.e. a digital access control system, for example with a chip card. All doors are also prepared for motorised locks.

The medical centre designed by Stuttgart-based AEP Architekten is a nine-storey rectangular building with a slightly recessed staggered storey. With its transparent glass façades, it stands out from a rather closed substructure and is crowned by an upward-sweeping flying roof.

Accordingly, the high-rise directive applies in the building, which is well over 20 metres high, and provides for overpressure ventilation in the event of fire, particularly for the escape stairwell. As escape doors generally have to open in the direction of escape, it had to be ensured that the stairwell air pressure was not too high for the doors to open at all. For this purpose, Novoferm supplied suitable smoke protection tubular frame doors made of steel from the Presto series with glass panelling.

Attention was also paid to creating a positive sense of place for the user at the entrances to the central underground car park below the raised garden in the centre of the property: For fire safety reasons, these underground car park entrances must always be designed as airlocks. They consist of a sequence of two doors with a short corridor in between, designed in such a way that both cannot be open at the same time. Fully panelled fire doors are provided as standard.

Novoferm's tried-and-tested ^NovoFire® T30 RS tubular frame doors were once again installed in the MedicalCube. These are fire doors that can withstand a fire for at least half an hour and still have a glass panel. These doors were fitted with stainless steel hinges and an escape door opener. They are also prepared for a motorised lock, should this ever be required at this point. In addition, a total of three ^NovoFire® T90 doors were installed from the car park deck to the airlock. One each on the basement, ground and first floor.

Architects and investors have succeeded - not least through the use of fire protection tubular frame doors from Novoferm - in creating a bright, friendly place that is a pleasure to visit.

In contrast to depressing clinic architecture with a poor hospital atmosphere, the architectural concept of the MedicalCube and its detailed design ensure more than just good functioning and create a positive atmosphere that makes people feel good.