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Bellinzona Regional Hospital Bellinzona, Switzerland 2023–

The new Regional Hospital for Bellinzona, the capital city of the Swiss canton of Ticino, balances the need for flexibility, adaptability and efficiency with the desire for character, atmosphere and a strong connection with nature. This places the patient at the centre of a model care environment and offers a strong response to the climate crisis. The plan consists of 3 ‘organs’ – Hospital Core, Inpatient department and Outpatient department – each connected to a circulation ‘spine’ and entrance tower.

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The building is set in a new public park on the southern fringes of the city, on the east bank of the rewilded Ticino River
The building’s anatomy can accommodate significant growth. The architecture serves the public life of the city and its inhabitants
The hospital set in a new public park
Landscape: a mosaic of parks
Tower and forecourt mark the entrance
From left to right: Two axes of movement; River, threshold, park; The city of health; Territory & humanity
The Inpatient Department and west-facing garden terrace above the ‘mat’ building of the Hospital Core
Looking south along the ‘spine’ of circulation with the Outpatient department (left) and Hospital Core and Inpatient departments (right)
Section through entrance forecourt (with Outpatient department behind), tower, spine, Inpatient department (right) and Hospital Core (below right)
From left to right: Ventilation, Electrical distribution, Fire strategy, Automation and logistics
East façade as seen from the park
Hospital Core accommodates the operating theatres, diagnostics, imaging and laboratories. This ‘mat’ building is served by a technical floor overhead
Garden visible from the Hospital Core and Inpatient departments
Section looking south through park, entrance tower, circulation spine, Inpatient department, Hospital Core and gardens and Ticino River to the west
Section looking north with Hospital Core (left), Inpatient department, circulation spine, Outpatient department courtyard, park and Castello di Montebello (right)
The hospital of the future is a series of connected ‘organs’ able to grow and adapt with strong physical and social connections to the community and world outside

architects Henley Halebrown

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