2025 Galleries
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Galleries // 2025 Spark:Spring Student // Vital Link Trauma Center
Vital Link Trauma Center
Finalist
Competition: Spark:Spring Student
Designer: Sehyun Kim
Design Type: Spaces: architecture, interiors, landscape
Company / Organization / School: LUNA Art and Technology
Team Members: Sehyun Kim
This project reimagines the trauma center as a “hospital where the surgery moves.”, where surgery moves to the patient—not the other way around. Traditional systems rely on patient transfer—this system reverses it. A modular surgical unit docks directly to the hospital, enabling continuous care from the field to the operating table. The architecture reflects urgency and empathy. A design layout separates patients, staff, and guardians for clarity and speed. Sunlight pours through central skylights, while healing gardens and a heartbeat-inspired façade symbolized both recovery and hope. More than just a building, this is a survival infrastructure—engineered to protect the golden hour when trauma patients are most vulnerable. Every element is designed for rapid response and emotional reassurance, from the fast-track triage system to quiet zones for families and staff. Tailored for dense urban hospitals, the system is modular, scalable, and adaptable to different emergency contexts. It redefines what medical architecture can do: it becomes active, mobile, and human-centered—meeting trauma where it happens and saving time when every second counts.
