16 Years of Shree Designs

For over 16 years, Shree Designs has been shaping healthcare facilities that go beyond aesthetics — spaces that heal, protect, and perform. With a portfolio spanning 30+ projects in both private and government sectors, our work has taught us one thing above all: healthcare design must serve people first, always.

In this anniversary edition, I’m sharing 16 practical insights drawn from real projects — lessons that combine creative vision, regulatory compliance, and deep technical know-how.

Our design for Upasani Super Speciality Hospital (USSH), a greenfield project in Mumbai, embodies this principle. We carefully zoned departments to offer privacy and therapeutic views from upper-level patient rooms, while employing room‑in‑room OT designs with HEPA filters and movable partitions to balance functionality with sterility.
This approach taught us that healing isn’t just in medical care, it’s embedded in floor plans, sightlines, and sensitive zoning designed to reduce stress and speed recovery.

Safety is not negotiable in healthcare design.

• Layer Lighting to meet NABH and IS lux-level standards.
• Integrate Infection Control with seamless flooring, coving, and hands-free hardware.
• Plan Fire Safety with fire-rated doors, pressurised staircases, and sprinklers.
• Select Compliant Materials that are antimicrobial, durable, and fire-safe.

Smarter Circulation: Navigating with Clarity & Care

At Symbiosis Speciality Hospital in Dadar, we reimagined traffic flow during the pandemic, delivering spacious waiting zones, isolated billing areas, and clear circulation to reduce crowding and infection risk. Strategic movement and visibility are not luxuries; they’re lifelines in healthcare design.

Facilities must function as well as they look.

• Support Staff Ergonomics with nurse stations offering 360° patient visibility and easy access to supplies.
• Streamline Circulation by separating clean and dirty pathways to maintain sterility.
• Integrate Technology with service booms, medical gas panels, and concealed IT conduits for easy upgrades.

Standards that Protect, Aesthetics that Uplift

In the Surgical Speciality Oncology Centre (Mumbai), we transformed rooms with automation, adding individual patient tabs instead of shared TVs, opting for single/twin rooms, and employing hands-free, antimicrobial surfaces. These choices upheld NABH safety while offering dignity and calm to vulnerable patients. Safety can coexist beautifully with patient-centric comfort.

Healthcare is evolving — facilities must evolve with it.

• Plan Speciality-Responsive Layout, anticipating heavy equipment and unique clinical needs.
• Choose Future-Ready Materials like modular walls and high-performance flooring that can adapt over decades.

Efficiency That Empowers Staff & Scale

One of our NICU projects – Neobliss Newborn Care – zeroed in on space efficiency and hygiene. In just 750 sq. ft, we included 9 NICU beds, consultation, reception, and waiting areas. High-performance finishes like HGPVC cladding, homogenous vinyl flooring, and antibacterial paints ensured cleanliness and maintainability in a restricted footprint.

Efficiency is in the details.