the care center will shield the noise of the belt road while preserving and heightening the extremely tensionless contrast between the metropolis and the park situated behind the street edge. the transparent entrance and distribution level protects the quiet interior from the noisy city without denying its relationship to the urban environment through excessive mass. through its positioning, the building volume also provides additional protection to the two existing care units in the kenyon pavilion and the karl ludwig pavilion.
access for outpatients is provided in the area of the subway station, either through the park or via the existing entrance, also through the park. the emergency access uses the existing driveway. in all cases, the hospital is approached only by way of the park.
the distribution, visitor, café, and assembly areas are located on level 0, whose elevation is only slightly higher than the natural ground in the northern part of the site. due to the slope of the terrain along the belt road, the distribution level gradually rises above the surrounding ground and street level. the therapy floor with laboratories below thus opens to the park through both the site’s topography and a deliberate landscape modulation. technical and service rooms occupy the darker northern zone.
access for outpatients is provided in the area of the subway station, either through the park or via the existing entrance, also through the park. the emergency access uses the existing driveway. in all cases, the hospital is approached only by way of the park.
the distribution, visitor, café, and assembly areas are located on level 0, whose elevation is only slightly higher than the natural ground in the northern part of the site. due to the slope of the terrain along the belt road, the distribution level gradually rises above the surrounding ground and street level. the therapy floor with laboratories below thus opens to the park through both the site’s topography and a deliberate landscape modulation. technical and service rooms occupy the darker northern zone.
levels 2 and 3 are dedicated exclusively to patient care. through clarity and visual connections to the outside, all circulation routes—also serving as movement therapy areas—are easily legible. movements along the belt road are intentionally incorporated into the sequences of views within the corridors, while the patient rooms, protected by an intermediate zone of sanitary and service spaces, derive their restorative quality from the vegetation and tranquility of the park.
the head of the building contains, on the patient floors, the ancillary care rooms, and on the entrance level, the medical area. the multi-story central hall provides vertical connection between all levels. connections to the existing buildings are possible at the therapy floor, the entrance level, and the first patient floor.
on all levels, the circulation routes run along the belt road façade. all patient rooms and therapy areas are oriented toward the park. a double-skin glass sound barrier shields the sensitive patient areas from the traffic noise of the belt road.
the head of the building contains, on the patient floors, the ancillary care rooms, and on the entrance level, the medical area. the multi-story central hall provides vertical connection between all levels. connections to the existing buildings are possible at the therapy floor, the entrance level, and the first patient floor.
on all levels, the circulation routes run along the belt road façade. all patient rooms and therapy areas are oriented toward the park. a double-skin glass sound barrier shields the sensitive patient areas from the traffic noise of the belt road.
- location:
- wien, austria
- architecture:
- fasch&fuchs.architekt:innen
- team architecture:
- günther bösch
- structural engineering:
- werkraum ingenieure zt gmbh
- model making:
- fasch&fuchs.architekt:innen
- competition:
- 1996