Second Medical Comprehensive Building Project of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

From its pioneering mission at the time of its relocation and establishment to its iterative breakthroughs in the digital era, the development trajectory of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (hereinafter referred to as “FACCMU”) serves as a vivid microcosm of China’s public hospital reform journey.

In the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University project, Huakang Cleanroom has redefined the value of medical spaces through innovative integrated design that seamlessly blends prefabrication with high-end fit-out. Every meticulously crafted detail embodies the hospital’s vision of “setting a benchmark in the medical community and striving for world-class excellence,” thereby supporting the hospital’s mission to become a National Medical Center and writing a new chapter in health care for the new era.

 

01 Project Overview: Chongqing’s Largest Single-Structure Medical Complex

The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, founded in 1957, is a Grade III Class A comprehensive teaching hospital that integrates medical care, education, research, disease prevention, health maintenance, and international healthcare services. It has now developed into a modern healthcare cluster characterized by homogeneous management across multiple campuses and differentiated development. To achieve high-quality development and establish a “National Medical Center,” the hospital is constructing a second comprehensive medical building on the main campus.

 

The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

 

As Chongqing’s largest single-site medical complex, the Second Medical Complex Building boasts a total floor area of approximately 130,000 square meters and is planned to accommodate 1,300 beds, integrating comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services with education and research. This project serves both as a vital public welfare initiative to address critical infrastructure gaps and as a long-term development endeavor that will significantly enhance Chongqing’s capacity to respond to large-scale public health emergencies, establish a benchmark for modern healthcare services in the Southwest region, and ensure that high-quality medical resources benefit a broader population.

The medical purification project for the Second Medical Comprehensive Building of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, undertaken by Huakang Cleanroom, encompasses core departments such as the Surgical Center, Specialty ICUs, the Central ICU, and the Transplant ICU.

 

02 Forward-Looking Design: Revitalizing Healthcare Spaces to Elevate Experience
 

Today, hospital design is moving beyond traditional functionalism by integrating regional culture and artistic aesthetics into its detailing, transforming these spaces from mere treatment facilities into more inclusive, healing-oriented comprehensive health environments that foster both physical recovery and psychological well-being—a holistic approach that nurtures “inner and outer balance.”

 

【Design Philosophy】
 

Huakang Clean has pioneered an innovative design approach that seamlessly integrates prefabrication with high-end fit-out, harmoniously blending aesthetic design with clinical needs. Adhering to the principle of “design tailored to local conditions” and placing human-centered care at its core, the design team conducted an in-depth analysis of Chongqing’s unique regional characteristics and the historical and cultural context of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, drawing inspiration from these elements to translate the imagery of the mountain city and its cultural symbols into a distinctive design language for healthcare spaces. By employing a “five-sense” design strategy—emphasizing international flair, therapeutic comfort, technological sophistication, artistic expression, and humanistic warmth—the firm has created a modern healthcare environment that is both highly recognizable, functionally practical, and profoundly healing.

Surgical Center

 

Intensive Care Unit

 

Restaurant, office area

 

[Theme Explanation]

Centered on the core theme of “translating the spatial value of local cultural symbols,” we have created an integrated therapeutic healing environment that embodies “viewing the mountains (spatial order), connecting with water (a gentle ambiance), savoring culture (cultural symbols), and nurturing the heart (color-based healing).”

► The essence of healthcare: “functionality first” Breaking down traditional departmental boundaries, we place the patient experience and healthcare staff efficiency at the core, leveraging space planning that aligns with clinical workflows and a warm, healing color palette to support efficient diagnosis and treatment as well as orderly operations.
► The warm atmosphere of “the City of Fog and Fire”: By integrating the hospital’s cultural ethos with human-centered care, balancing patient–physician communication with healthcare team collaboration, and emphasizing the emotional impact of color and the use of high-quality materials, we create a safe, efficient, warm, and comfortable healthcare environment.
► A Modern Interpretation of the “City of Mountains and Waters”: In the design of the planar layout, Chongqing’s three-dimensional and dynamic natural characteristics are seamlessly integrated, with spatial arrangement skillfully leveraged to achieve standardized, modular design for each medical unit, thereby optimizing circulation flows and enhancing spatial efficiency.

 

03 Value Creation: The Symbiosis of Functional Invisibility and Sensory Healing Power

 

1. Spatial Color Strategy: Scenario-Based Adaptation Within a Unified Tone

As the most evocative “healing language” in healthcare spaces, color can influence patients’ emotional, psychological, and physiological states through visual perception, thereby serving as a powerful adjunct to therapeutic interventions.

 

Huakang Color Scheme

 

Huakang Clean has developed a sophisticated, exclusive color system that draws inspiration from Chongqing’s unique cultural and geographical characteristics to define a “city-themed color,” while also extracting a “hospital-standard color” from the emblem of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, thereby using color as a vital link between local culture and the hospital’s core ethos. Building on this foundation, the design incorporates internationally trending color palettes and selects highly soothing, low-saturation premium gray tones—known as “Morandi colors.” Through meticulous scientific formulation, Huakang has created a tailored color scheme that aligns with the functional needs of different spaces while accommodating diverse user groups: River City White, Bashan Brown, Misty Rain Blue, and Azure Gorge Green. These hues serve as a “color prescription,” effectively supporting physical and mental healing, guiding circulation flows, delineating functional zones, and cultivating an immersive atmosphere.

 

“What you imagine is what you see; what you see is what you gain; what you gain is what you use.”

Each medical unit adopts “Rainy-Sky Blue” and “Bashan Brown” as the primary color scheme for its spatial design, with tailored adaptations to suit the specific characteristics of each functional area. This approach creates a spatial context that is both cohesive and unified while maintaining a distinct sense of identity and recognizability, thereby fostering a psychological experience of “safety and reliability” for both patients and healthcare staff.

 

Specialty Surgical Area

 

Shared Surgical Area

 

► Surgical Center: Given the large number of operating rooms, in order to avoid monotony in the decorative effects and color schemes, the design adopts a core concept of “a proprietary color palette combined with regional themes,” thereby establishing a visually coherent system that is both hierarchically structured and functionally distinct within a unified clean aesthetic. The color scheme not only enhances the sense of spatial depth and openness but also reinforces spatial order and wayfinding through meticulous attention to detail, effectively reducing visual fatigue among medical staff, fostering a calm and focused working environment, and supporting efficient clinical care and surgical safety.

 

Specialty ICU

 

Central ICU

 

Transplantation ICU

 

► Intensive Care Unit: The design of the intensive care unit is tailored to the functional zoning of each floor, the ward type (single or multi-bed), and spatial positioning, with a customized color scheme that ensures both overall color-identification consistency and individualized expression, striking a perfect balance between the whole and the part, as well as between function and experience. Soft, harmonious adjacent-color combinations, coupled with the infusion of natural light and subtle wood-grain accents, create a serene and soothing ambient atmosphere—providing patients with psychological comfort and a sense of vitality while enhancing the space’s warmth and human touch, thereby redefining the emotional value of modern healthcare environments.

 

2. Functional System Layout: Efficiency and Synergy Through Organic Integration
 

Medical space design goes beyond mere visual appeal; it aims to make the space a true enabler of clinical practice. Through systematic integration and modular design, each healthcare unit establishes an efficient, coordinated operational framework that fosters seamless collaboration among physicians, nurses, patients, visiting family members, and hospital operations staff—ensuring both professional specialization and optimal resource utilization while embodying the modern medical ethos centered on precision.

 

① Empowering Precision Medicine with a Professional Environment

Through functional integration and process optimization, the Surgical Center has established a highly intensive, specialized surgical service system that seamlessly combines centralized resource management with refined subspecialization. This approach facilitates collaborative sharing of multidisciplinary surgical resources, thereby providing robust spatial support for precision medicine. The deep integration of intelligent systems has not only markedly enhanced the quality of medical services and operational efficiency but also, guided by a sustainable design ethos, has paved the way for future innovations in healthcare technology.

 

Specialty Operating Room

 

Shared Operating Room

 

Anesthesia and Recovery Area

 

Operating Room Behavioral Management System

 

② Reimagining Spatial Value Through Humanistic Experience

Each nursing unit reconfigures spatial value with a patient-centered approach, leveraging a scientifically informed zoning management model and diversified ward configurations to enable targeted management of specific critical conditions, thereby establishing a tiered, rapidly responsive intensive care delivery system. Flexible and adaptable spatial design balances infection control with the agile allocation of medical resources. Humanized ward furnishings and mobile diagnostic and treatment support profoundly address patients’ dignity and psychological needs, achieving a harmonious integration of technological rationality and humanistic compassion.

 

Central ICU Single Room

 

Central ICU Double Room

 

ICU triple room for transplantation

 

Specialty ICU Four-Bed Room

 

From the innovative integration of prefabrication technology with regional culture to the “five-sense design” approach that returns to the very essence of healing, Huakang Clean has demonstrated forward-looking, integrated professional capabilities in the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University project, thereby redefining the spatial value of modern hospitals. Moving forward, the company will continue to uphold its core values of “innovation, quality, service, and integrity,” leveraging cutting-edge design and superior craftsmanship to drive the high-quality, human-centered upgrade of China’s healthcare infrastructure and contribute to public health and the advancement of the medical sector.