Healthcare Space Plan Platform — hospital space programming

Hospital area programming

From a plot of land to a defensible hospital space program.

Enter the site, choose a hospital class and clinical scope, and get bed capacity, ward mix, ER, OT, ICU and OPD schedules, floor-wise distribution and schematic layouts — all from one governed logic matrix.

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Worked example

Illustrative only
Plot size
2.00 acres
8,094 m²
Ground coverage
35%
2,833 m² plate
FAR
2.5
20,234 m² buildable
Class B — Optimal
90 m²/bed
224 beds

Sample figures for demonstration — not a real project.

The problem

Space programming is slow, manual and hard to justify.

Area programming lives in spreadsheets

Ratios sit in one person's workbook, get copied between projects, and quietly drift apart.

Every revision restarts the arithmetic

A change in plot size, class or clinical scope means recalculating hundreds of dependent areas by hand.

The numbers are hard to defend

When a client or authority asks why a department is that size, the reasoning is buried in formulas.

How it works

Eleven guided steps, grouped into four stages.

Each step builds on the last, so the final schedule stays consistent with the site you started from.

  1. Stage 1Steps 1–2

    Site & capacity

    Plot size in acres, sq ft or m², ground coverage and FAR give the buildable area. Choose Class A, B or C and get the bed count.

  2. Stage 2Step 3

    Clinical scope

    Select medical, surgical, super-specialty, radiology and laboratory services. Dependent functional areas are prompted for each choice.

  3. Stage 3Steps 4–5

    Departmental programming

    Essential function areas for Emergency, OT complex and ICU with support rooms and circulation, then bed distribution across specialties and the ward mix.

  4. Stage 4Steps 6–11

    Floors, gaps & layouts

    Floor-wise distribution, OT and ICU allocation, clinical and support-service gap fixing, OPD chamber planning, consolidated floor plans and schematic floor layouts.

What you get

A complete space program, not just a bed count.

Land to capacity

Automatic unit conversion, ground plate and FAR calculation, and bed counts for Class A, B or C.

Bed distribution & ward mix

Beds split across specialties, census and non-census, with an economy to suite ward mix applied throughout.

ER, OT and ICU schedules

Line-by-line areas for emergency, theatres, pre-op and post-op, ICU blocks, support rooms and circulation.

OT & ICU allocation

Assign each theatre type and ICU block to the surgical or clinical specialties that will use it.

Critical gap checks

Clinical and support-service areas your scope implies but the schedule has not yet covered, ready to place.

OPD chamber planning

Chamber counts from footfall assumptions, with the ability to fix numbers for chosen specialties.

Floor-wise distribution

Zoning logic places areas by function, movement, seclusion and sterility — and you can shift any of it.

Editable circulation

A separate circulation percentage per floor, so basements, wards and terraces can differ.

Schematic floor layouts

Block layouts drawn to the programmed areas, with dimensions, schedules and a legend.

Outputs

Take the work out with you.

PDF report

Formatted schedules with your project header, ready to share.

CSV export

Every line item as flat rows for your own spreadsheets.

DXF drawings

Schematic block geometry you can open and edit in CAD.

The DXF output is editable schematic geometry for early planning and coordination. It is not a construction drawing and does not replace an architect's documentation.

Who it's for

Built for everyone who sizes a healthcare facility.

Enterprise / Organisation

A hospital, group, institution or body planning its own facilities.

  • Hospital / Healthcare provider group
  • Standalone hospital or nursing home
  • Government / Public health body (PWD, health dept, PSU)
  • Medical college / Teaching hospital
  • Investor, developer or REIT planning a healthcare asset

Professional services firm

A practice delivering planning or design work for clients.

  • Healthcare / hospital planning consultancy
  • Architecture practice
  • Engineering / MEP or PMC firm
  • Interior & medical equipment planning firm
  • Turnkey / EPC contractor

Independent professional

Working on your own, on your own projects.

  • Independent hospital planning consultant
  • Independent architect
  • Healthcare administrator / hospital manager
  • Medical equipment planner or vendor consultant

Student / Early career

Studying or teaching healthcare planning, management or architecture.

  • Student — hospital / healthcare management
  • Student — architecture / planning
  • Early-career professional (0–3 years)
  • Faculty / trainer

Governed logic

One matrix behind every number.

Bed ratios, room sizes, support-room counts and circulation percentages live in a single admin-controlled matrix. Change a constant once and every calculation follows.

Because the logic is explicit rather than buried in a spreadsheet, results are consistent across a team and easy to explain to a client or approving authority.

  • Class A — Corporate120 m² / bed
  • Class B — Optimal90 m² / bed
  • Class C — Cost effective70 m² / bed
  • Emergency circulation25%
  • OT complex circulation35%
  • ICU circulation30%

Default values — every one of them is editable by an administrator.

Plans

Pick the plan that matches how you work.

Pricing is being finalised. Start free today, and talk to us for Team and Enterprise access.

Student / Free

Students, faculty and early-career professionals.

  • Full 11-step calculator
  • Personal projects
  • PDF and CSV exports

Solo

Independent consultants, architects and administrators.

  • Everything in Free
  • Unlimited saved projects
  • Schematic floor layouts and DXF export

Team

Consultancies, architecture practices, PMC and EPC firms.

  • Everything in Solo
  • Shared workspace and invites
  • Projects visible across the team

Enterprise

Hospital groups, government bodies and medical colleges.

  • Everything in Team
  • Organisation-wide administration
  • Custom matrix constants and onboarding support

Talk to us

Request a demo or ask about team access.

Tell us about your organisation and what you are planning. We will get back to you by email.

If you would rather just try it, you can create a free account and start a project straight away — no conversation needed.

FAQ

Questions people ask us.

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