Healthcare Design: Gargash Hospital
Healthcare designed as a hospitality experience — an atrium of flying birds, warm terraces and retail-grade waiting spaces that quietly soften the clinical.
Ideation Board
The full set of 3D renders shared with the client through design review — every room presented, discussed and signed off before a single detail was built.
Rendered June–August 2018 — every space approved room by room through samples, elevations and 3D reviews.
Sketchboard · An Evolution
From a loose functional zoning toward fully resolved joinery the chosen direction maturing, step by step, into a complete design language.
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Zoning3D block study - 02
Concept SketchCafe wall sketch - 03
Material SectionPalette & finishes - 04
Technical DrawingTerrace floor plan
Design Finalised
From sketch to built — a designer's way of thinking, step by step.
The Atrium Bird Sculpture · Sketch to Reality
The flying-bird sculpture began as loose hand-drawn studies of wings, flight and form — resolved through section drawings and a technical elevation of the flock, then landed in the finished daylit atrium.
The Main Reception Desk · Sketch to Photographed
The curved reception desk began as freehand sweeps and elevation studies on paper, was tested as a white 3D clay prototype, resolved as a photoreal render, and delivered as the built, occupied desk on opening day.
Office Wing · CAD to Photograph
The full office floor was set out in a technical CAD lighting layout, translated into a photoshopped presentation top view for the client, resolved as a photoreal render and finally photographed in operation.
Wall Tile Pattern · Spec to Space
The Chez Moi Bleu St. Tropez hexagonal tile blend was set as an area-by-area elevation spec, then landed as the tonal watery texture behind the bathrooms and pharmacy.
Implemented
The atrium bird sculpture drawn as a technical flock in the studio, translated into a suspended installation catching daylight through the skylight.
Project Conclusions
Designing a private hospital that feels less like a clinic and more like a hospitality destination — calm, warm and quietly luxurious across every touchpoint.
In healthcare, atmosphere is medicine. A single sculptural gesture in the atrium can reset the emotional tone of an entire building.
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