Kasturba hospitals, Udupi
Project Brief
Kasturba Hospital, Manipal – Dr. Ramdas M Pai Block is conceived as a contemporary healing campus where clear planning, daylight and colour psychology work together to reduce anxiety and support high‑performance healthcare delivery. The architectural language balances a strong, recognisable exterior identity with calm, hospitality‑driven interiors that humanise the clinical experience.
Location: Manipal, Udupi
Area: 116,402 sft
Number of beds: 100
Status: Completed in 2024
Scope of work: Medical planning, Interior design
Waiting areas planned as luminous concourses rather than crowded holding rooms.
The reception areas use a fresh teal accent with light neutrals and linear ribbed panels, giving a clean, contemporary front‑of‑house that is easy to navigate and instantly recognisable as the public interface of the hospital.
“Designed for healing first, and then layering comfort, colour and clarity on top.”
Generous waiting halls with modular metal seating are organized along long sightlines, ensuring visual connection to counters and doors while integrating signage bands, fire systems and acoustic ceilings into a seamless soffit.
Double‑height and single‑height lounges with lime and olive seating clusters act as social pockets between inpatient corridors, giving attendants clear breakout spaces without obstructing circulation. The cafeteria pairs patterned flooring with bright yellow accents and warm indirect lighting, deliberately shifting the mood from clinical to convivial while maintaining cleanable, durable surfaces.
The nurse stations at Kasturba Hospital are designed as clear visual anchors within each clinical floor, using colour, geometry and lighting to support constant staff visibility while softening the patient experience. They sit at the heart of the ward layouts, allowing 360‑degree awareness of corridors and bed bays so that response times remain low and supervision remains intuitive. Across the project, the palette relies on easy‑maintenance finishes — homogeneous tiles, vinyl and high‑pressure laminates — elevated through colour blocking, ribbed feature walls, soft corners to nurse stations, and carefully concealed services.
