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Two boxes stacked aloft–Swisspearl panels installed at the Tartu University Hospital in Estonia

Two boxes stacked aloft–Swisspearl panels installed at the Tartu University Hospital in Estonia

(Courtesy Meraner & Hauser OHG/SNC, Bozen, Italy)
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The Tartu University Hospital Extension includes three new expandable units for the hospital complex, which was built over a number of decades. Two new units, the children’s hospital and outpatient surgery, are accommodated in the extension of this clinic.

The various buildings designed and built in their time, showcase a variety of architectural styles and materials. This project is a continuation of the previous attempt to combine existing architectural elements and create a harmonious whole. The extension is designed with a lofty, triple-volume atrium between the two so-called “towers.” One of the main concepts was to create a long gallery to the rear of the building to ease the logistics of the entire hospital complex. The linear accelerators for the radiotherapy department are situated beneath the atrium on the basement floor.

AW2’s intervention has received positive feedback from patients at the Tartu University Hospital. A parent of one of the patients wrote: “I was in the hospital with my child and I’d like to say that this building is architecturally beautiful.”

Find the whole story including detailed drawings in Swisspearl Architecture #27. Subscribe to Swisspearl’s magazine to get the print issue and let yourself be inspired.

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