ABSTRACT
Primary health care facilities are becoming larger multifunctional buildings offering integrated health and care services. Primary care premises are generally complex small-scale buildings with many functional requirements to accommodate. Improve site planning to ensure convenient access, making the approach to the building visible and welcoming. Ensure that robust strategic planning and rigorous capacity planning determine the service vision for the scheme. Demonstrate their impact on the investment decision for the physical improvements. Define organisational improvements and forward-looking service delivery plans and consider the change process involved to bring these about. Encourage an integrated approach to design encompassing site planning, spatial arrangements, landscape, and art. Devise planning and design strategies that cater for changes in service delivery over time. Establish support for the project team on design quality throughout the project; for example, appoint client design advisors and design champions. The architectural profession has become more engaged with the design of health buildings, including primary care facilities, by developing evaluation techniques.
