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Case study UNIVERSITY OF STO. THOMAS HOSPITAL PROFILE: MEDICAL PHILOSOPHY: “Where the patient is human and the service is humane” DESCRIPTION: The UST Hospital, a premier medical facility, is a non-stock, non-profit hospital. Its primary mission is to provide the best quality healthcare possible, especially to the less fortunate brothers and sisters. The UST Hospital trains young men and women in the medical arts and science, through clinical exposure and research, and ultimately molds them towards the professional care of patients, with compassion and love. The Hospital currently maintains 460 dedicated beds for charity or clinical patients. These are financially sustained by just 352 private patient beds, of which the resulting revenues support and delimit the extent of charity to the sick and poor in the clinical or charity beds.

LOCATION: A.H. Lacson Avenue, Sampaloc, Manila, NCR, Philippines

HOSPITAL TYPE: Private, charity, teaching

CAPACITY: 352 private patient beds 460 charity or clinical beds

Location of UST Hospital

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Case study HISTORY The San Juan de Dios Hospital, the precursor of the USTH, was founded in 1577 by a Franciscan lay brother, Fray Juan Clemente. On October 29, 1875, his royal highness King Alfonso of Spain decreed that the three-centuries-old hospital, located in Intramuros, become the clinical training institution for medical students of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Santo Tomas, which was then located at Intramuros. On March 23, 1887, Dean Mariano Marti, M.D., established residency and externship programs at the San Juan de Dios Hospital. World War I and II became a major turning point for the San Juan de Dios Hospital. During the Japanese occupation, the Quezon Institute was transferred to the San Juan de Dios Hospital. St. Paul's Hospital, located in the Walled City, was later ceded to UST for its clinical training for the duration of the war. It was the first time that the university operated a hospital of its own. The official history of the current University of Santo Tomas Hospital is traced to the formal opening of its charity unit on February 15, 1945, in a building which stood at the rear of the Main Building. The building house classrooms for the medical school and became the site of the first charity hospital. When the medical school later transferred to its current location, the building became the UST High School until it was razed to the ground by a fire in 1975. Today, sixty years from when it first opened its doors with a goal of service, the vision and mission of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital have become more formidable than ever.

UST Hospital during American Colonial Era; 1945

With a staff of over 500 consultants of various specialties and subspecialties, residency and fellowship programs at par with its Asian counterparts, visiting professor staff from distinguished institutions worldwide, and medical graduates that constantly top the licensure examinations for physicians, nursing, medical technology, and pharmacy, the horizon that stretches out before the USTH with promise and challenge.

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Case study ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER AND STYLE

UST Hospital conserved rear façade constituted by Renaissance style

Modern UST Hospital front facade

The building is highly inspired by Renaissance Architecture and Modern Design. The buildings rear façade has detailed corbels, canopy and porches. It is also adorned by detailed sculptural elements inspired in the Renaissance Period. The front façade of the hospital has more modern approach. The modern look of large glass windows are mixed with minimal renaissance details. The basis for the implementation of Renaissance style is to preserve the architecture of the University because UST is a well-known landmark and institution not only in the Philippines but in the world,”

UNIQUENESS OF THE PROJECT/DISTINCT FEATURES: Aside from the collective aura granted by the structure, the planning and site development are essential features of the Benavides Cancer Institute. The position of the structure, albeit its massive presence, gave a fresh approach and development to the then-constricting drop-off points and access ways of the existing hospital. There was a sudden surge of elegance and space to the whole area, granting a sense of warmth and compassion to the users. The canopy added grandeur to the entrance coinciding with a fountain featuring a modern twist of sculptural art. This low spout water feature made of green slate stones symbolizes the life and vigor. The column capital and base of the main building were employed as unifying design elements. The glass fenestrations were incorporated in order to give the architectural period without being tied up to the history. The interior colors projected a lively ambience. The BCI addition truly revitalized the hospital façade and connecting its design character to that of the university. Thus, maintaining the UST’s historical significance and architectural integrity.

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Case study Architect YOLANDA DAVID-REYES

Architect and Environmental Planner YOLANDA DAVID REYES specializes in architectural design and facility planning. She finished her Bachelor of Science Degree in Architecture in 1975 and her Master of Science Degree in Architecture in 1986 at the University Of Santo Tomas College Of Architecture and Fine Arts and the UST Graduate School. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy academic units at the famous School of Urban and Regional Planning of the University of the Reyes was the first female to hold top positions in two big organizations of architects. She became the 14th president of the United Architects of the Philippines in 1998, and was elected chairman of the Architects Regional Council of Asia last year. Reyes said she is most proud of her architectural work in the Caleruega Retreat House in Batangas, which earned her the United Architects of the Philippines’ Design Award for Architecture in 1996 for “achieving a graceful blending the of natural and built environment,” according to the citation. “What I am now, all has been influenced by my Thomasian upbringing,” Reyes said, who obtained her degree in Architecture in 1975 and her masteral degree in Architecture in 1986, also in the Caleruega Retreat House: Reyes’s most renowned work University. She believes that Thomasian architects are way ahead of the pack because of their values, morals, ethics, and amiability. In recognition of her achievements, UST gave Reyes the Dangal Award in 1997 for her exemplary service as dean of CAFA, and the first Diamond Award from the Graduate School in 1998. She also received the Outstanding Thomasian Alumna Award for Architecture in 2002.

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Case study DESIGN PHILOSOPY “Modern, classic and natural architecture combines altogether” -Ar. Yolanda david-reyes

DESIGN CONCEPTs The functional design of the UST Hospital was to have smooth traffic flow of patients and medical staff as well as to attain privacy and convenience, while the challenge of the aesthetic design was to revitalize the 90 year old façade of the existing hospital structure.

GRACEFUL DESIGNS (VITALITY + FUNCTIONALITY) The UST Hospital continues to draw attention because of its aesthetic appeal. Reyes has managed to successfully combine VITALITY and FUNCTIONALITY. The different treatment rooms are walled by glass for visual transparency of physician-client activity. “It’s a hospital, so we have to impress on the patient that there is full of life and activity in it,” Reyes said. “I don’t want it to look like a gloomy place because it can be depressing for the patients.” The low-spout green slate fountain that gracefully adorns the center of the pond in front of the UST Hospital driveway aims to illustrate the energy of life. “When you arrive there, you want to see that there’s life,” Reyes said.

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Case study Reyes used Main Bldg. - inspired columns, adapting its capital and base to unify the architectural details and moldings of the USTH to that of the University’s architectural concept. She also used cornices and dados, both decorative elements of columns of classic architecture. “We have to preserve the architecture of the University because UST is a well-known landmark and institution not only in the Philippines but in the world,” Reyes said. She made the UST Hospital green with various ornamental plants along the hospital exterior. Her work on UST Hospital is supposed to serve as a catalyst in the planned expansion of the UST whose centerpiece is the construction of two 17-storey towers. Although according to Thomasian architects, there is an unwritten architectural rule that no building will be constructed higher than the Main Bldg.’s cross, USTH administrators seek to finish it by 2009. Architectural uniformity within the campus was also regarded in Reyes’ project. The classical arches in the building’s entrance were inspired by the bows of the Fr. Miguel de Benavides Library (formerly UST Central Library). This, alongside Reyes’ choice of soft hues, helped in toning down the building’s institutional look. It also incorporates parapets or overhanging wall portions to cover its sloping roof. It provides a Filipino feel with its stylized models of the Manila hemp or abaca.

DESIGNING BY EXPERIENCE Reyes said she encountered several hurdles along the way. “People discouraged me from taking Architecture believing I didn’t belong in this ‘manly’ profession,” Reyes said. “But it was something I really wanted all my life.” A year after being appointed dean in 1991, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her physicians recommended chemotherapy and the treatment proved to be successful. She is now in remission for 14 years. Reyes’ bout with cancer guided her in designing the UST Hospital. Planning out the cancer unit, she was particularly concerned about room placements and transitions. “I have been a cancer survivor myself, so I know very well how a patient feels upon entering a place where he will be treated,” Reyes said. “This is what I wanted to see and feel if I were the cancer patient when I drew the plan of BCI.”

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Case study UNIVERSITY OF STO. THOMAS HOSPITAL BUILDING DETAILS UNIVERSITY OF STO. THOMAS MAP

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