New Mestre Hospital Building

Venice, Italy, 2008Design: Studio Altieri Spa

Client VENETIAN SANITARY PROJECT FINANCE – MESTRE
(VE)
Project Name: Venice-Mestre
Hospital baptized Ospedale
dell’Angelo

Location: Mestre-Venice, ItalySite

Characteristics: Flat, rectangular-
shaped site located near the
entrance to a new local railroad
extension, and major roadway.
Program: Advanced 680 Bed
Clinical Hospital, offering all
general hospital services, plus a
Proton Beam Therapy and
Treatment Centre
Construction Systems: Cast
concrete frame, glass curtain wall,
cladding, winter garden planting,
and intelligent windows
Client: Regione VenetoCost:Euros
500,000,000
Site plan 8 hectars
7 floors
2 underground floors
680 beds (of which 50 private beds), 25 dialysis beds and 20 cribs, a
commercial area for shops, and also includes an auditorium for 200
people and a parking lot for 1,300 cars.
THE ENTRANCE HALL
THE ENTRANCE HALL
Greenery
Greenery
Greenery
 Gresham Smith & Partners - Seoul National
University Hospital Medical Mall, Seoul, Korea

The 56,000 square meters project includes three

floors of out-patient clinics, retail and support
spaces as well as three floors of parking garage
space. Interior functions are arranged in layers
with public circulation and waiting on the inside
of the arc and transaction, clinic spaces and
offices layered to the outside.
Each level is expandable around the organizational arc in a horizontal manner. This means
growth can be accommodated without compromising the functional and way-finding concepts
– as the building grows, it will continue to work as it does on opening day thereby retaining its
flexibility and clarity. This project transforms the current on-site pavement and creates a park-
like setting for patients and visitors in the midst of this bustling city of over 10 million people.
The layered
approach allows
flexibility in
assigning space to
various clinics as
needed. The
relationship
between flexible
clinics, public
circulation and an
open visitor
waiting area allows
patient volumes to
ebb and flow with
the clinic
schedules.