Main view of the Obregia Pediatric Psychiatry Center with the Emergency Room building in the foreground and Building B B+G+3F behind, ventilated facade with white and beige Trespa panels and petrol-green accents on the frames, 3D rendering PPAE project
The Emergency Room building with a cantilevered glazed volume above the ground floor and the inscription „Pediatric Psychiatry”, next to Building B B+G+3F, Obregia Pediatric Psychiatry Center, 3D rendering PPAE project
The Outpatient / Day Hospital entrance at the Obregia Pediatric Psychiatry Center with a petrol-green canopy, a curtain-wall foyer and an access ramp for people with disabilities, 3D rendering PPAE project
The Emergency Room building of the Obregia Pediatric Psychiatry Center with a cantilevered glazed volume, petrol-green canopy and the „Emergency Room” entrance, 3D rendering PPAE project
Corner view of the Obregia Pediatric Psychiatry Center with Building B B+G+3F and the Emergency Room building with a glazed ribbon window, parking in the foreground, 3D rendering PPAE project
The main B+G+3F building of the Obregia Pediatric Psychiatry Center at sunset, ventilated facade with Trespa panels and petrol-green accents on the window frames, 3D rendering PPAE project
The Obregia Pediatric Psychiatry Center in evening light, with the glazed volume of the Emergency Room lit up and Building B B+G+3F behind, 3D rendering PPAE project
Aerial view of the Obregia Pediatric Psychiatry Center on the Obregia Hospital grounds, with the two buildings, the ambulance access and the parking areas, 3D rendering PPAE project
The main facade of the Emergency Room building at the Obregia Pediatric Psychiatry Center with the „Emergency Room” entrance, a petrol-green canopy and a green square in the foreground, 3D rendering PPAE project
Side view of the Obregia Pediatric Psychiatry Center with Building B B+G+3F and the building with a glazed ribbon window, an access ramp and a terrace, 3D rendering PPAE project
Corner view of the Obregia Pediatric Psychiatry Center with the Emergency Room building, a cantilevered glazed volume and the inscription „Pediatric Psychiatry”, parking in the foreground, 3D rendering PPAE project
ASSMB | Pediatric Psychiatry Center within the „Prof. Dr. Alexandru Obregia” Clinical Psychiatry Hospital
Bucharest, Sector 4, șos. Berceni 10 | B+G+3F | 4,700sqm | General Designer | 2024 | authorized

New building for a Pediatric Psychiatry Center, located on the grounds of the „Prof. Dr. Alexandru Obregia” Clinical Psychiatry Hospital — the largest psychiatric hospital in Romania, with over 1,100 beds. With a built area of approximately 4,700 sqm on a B+G+3F regime, the center brings together an Emergency Reception Unit, a specialty outpatient clinic, a day hospital, a therapy space for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and an amphitheater for professional meetings.

Challenges

The project was taken over with an approved feasibility study — but non-functional on several levels and hard to build as such. The procurement procedure schedule, however, required continuing on the existing study rather than replacing it. The double constraint — fidelity to the approved study and little time for the following phases — turned the development of the building permit (DTAC) and technical design (PTh) from a standard stage into a fine-calibration operation.

Solutions

Calibration within the inherited feasibility study. Without leaving the envelope, indicators and main solutions of the approved study, the DTAC and PTh phases rearranged the internal flows, the spaces' dimensions and the relationships between the two buildings (Building A — B+G+1F, with the Emergency Unit and the infectious-contagious area; Building B — B+G+3F, with the outpatient clinic and day hospital). The result: a building that is buildable, clinically functional and more economical than the initial version — within the formal limits of the feasibility study.

Flows specific to pediatric psychiatry. Ambulatory patients and bedridden patients on separate routes, two distinct accesses for the infectious-contagious area, strict separation between the circulation of students, patients and staff. Between the Emergency Unit and the Outpatient clinic, a connecting hall with controlled, supervised access doors. The exterior joinery can only be opened by staff with a key — a safety requirement specific to pediatric psychiatry, integrated into the facade details.

A sober architectural language, a calming palette. Ventilated facade with Trespa composite panels in white-beige tones, with petrol-green accents on window frames, canopies and entrance markings — a calm palette suited to a pediatric institution where the built environment is part of the therapeutic environment. A curtain wall on the amphitheater foyer, as the only extended transparent element.

Result

For ASSMB and the Obregia Hospital, a center dedicated to the psychiatry of children and adolescents — a medical function with growing demand in Romania. For PPAE, a project that confirms a rarely discussed but frequently requested competence: taking over an approved feasibility study and turning it, through DTAC and PTh, into a buildable and economical project — without leaving the procurement procedure.

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