New Hospital Structure

date: 2002
client: Lombardy Region Administration; Local Health Company Sondrio Province
object:   New hospital structure in Sondrio
location: Delebio (SO)
size data:
Surface of the area 60.500 mq
Total surface 66.898 mq
Volumetry 266.760 mc
Beds n° 460
project stage: Project management, feasibility project

The drawing up of the feasibility project started tracing some guidelines affecting the organization, distribution and technological model.
Please note among the guiding principles:

Contextualization: opening towards the urban context with a high permeability of the structure, which is oriented towards the valley, besides the insertion of activities that are unusual in hospital building; “open hospital” integrated in the social cultural tissue of the town.

Humanization: hospital as a place of diagnosis and treatment but also as a welcoming place, a place where attention is paid to the patient, an aim that can be reached also increasing the environmental comfort and the use of “friendly” materials and colours.

Organization: the organization of the hospital structure develops around a central axis, the ”hospital street”, which represents the heart of the entire complex and is constituted by a triple-height open volume, a covered square which is overlooked by the first-welcome structures, the individuation of the paths and separation of flows, a correct dimensioning of hospital spaces and accessory services.

Flexibility: the possibility of adjusting and implementing the activities at limited costs and discomfort guided the drawing up of the feasibility project, influencing the structural pattern and the typological and formal choices.