Why do our hospitals look so bleak? We could have greener hospitals like Khoo Teck Puat or Ng Teng Fong, both in Singapore

Khoo Teck Puat hospital as an example:

Designed to be ‘forest-like’, water features with aquatic species, and plants that attract birds and butterflies were introduced. Greenery extended from the central courtyard to upper levels of the buildings and down into the open-to-sky basement, creating the impression of architecture deeply enmeshed in a garden. At the upper levels, balconies with scented plants bring the experience to the patient’s bedside.

Total surface area of horizontal and vertical greenery is almost four times the size of the land that the hospital sits on. In addition, 18% of the hospital’s floor area account for blue-green spaces and 40% of all such spaces are publicly accessible

[…] Common areas such as the main lobby and public corridors were specially designed for optimal natural ventilation thereby reducing the need for mechanical ventilation and energy consumption. By orientating the subsidized ward tower to ‘capture’ the prevailing North and South East winds, an optimal wind speed is achieved which would provide adequate thermal comfort for the patients.

[…] It is also a serves as a tranquil communal node where the local community can attend public lectures, exhibitions or participate in educational programs organized by the hospital.²

The energy-efficient design reduces energy costs by 50% and provides 40% of the floor area with the potential for natural ventilation.³

Video format about it for those that prefer it:
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Jw1b_SviPyU&t=275s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw1b_SviPyU&t=275s

You probably won’t be able to redesign/retrofit everything, but perhaps just a little bit more green instead of only concrete?

Subscribe! That would be quite interesting to follow along in future updates, if you don’t mind sharing

Unfortunately they usually do it on farmland around here, when they could easily go the agrivoltaics route. They would only need to raise it a meter or two and let the sheep roam around doing the trimming for them

Depending on location, it would have been cheaper to have those posts raised/reinforced in the first place instead of buying and hauling all that gravel

This one actually grinds my gears and it is too popular around here:

That was a great watch. If anyone else has any other movie/series recommendations like Perfect Days (2023), let me know

Yes, klinkers aren’t laid directly on the ground, it usually has a layer of sloped gravel and another layer of sand/fine gravel compacted with a vibrating plate, which prevents water pooling between and beneath them in the first place

I’m glad to hear that, I think it wasn’t documented last time I searched for it, but it works, as seen here: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/markdown

I’ll update the post

This comment actually got me curious, so I found these numbers for cities with population around ~1.1 to ~1.4mi

Can you guess which cities are actively investing in their vision zero programs and reforms?

Lemmy doesnt like tables, so I’m sorry in advance:

Numbers normalized to 100,000 population

I was going to try go get 5 cities per continent, but I ran out of time. I think we already can get a good picture.

Population taken from 2025 numbers https://worldpopulationreview.com/cities which says it sources from https://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/ (currently down for maintenance). It was not ideal to use 2025 numbers, but differences would be minimal based on annual growth

Latest source data available was used, which is around 2022-2025. There are PDF links, open with caution