Krankenhaus Nord Vienna, Austrian Hospital Building, Viennese Health Development
Krankenhaus Nord Wien, Austria : Vienna Hospital
Contemporary Austrian Health Architecture design by Arup + Albert Wimmer
Hospital in North Vienna
Location: Vienna
Design: Arup / Architekturburo Albert Wimmer
Arup’s Irish team wins major hospital contract
One of Europe’s biggest hospitals being designed by Arup
6 Mar 2012
Krankenhaus Nord Wien
March 6th 2012: Arup has been commissioned to design what will be one of Europe’s largest hospitals in Vienna, Austria. The Krankenhaus Nord Wien hospital win marks another milestone in the international recognition of the firm’s expertise in the field of healthcare. Construction work has just started on the 800-bed facility, which will cost over €500m to build and a similar amount again to fit out to the world-class standard specified.
Arup’s healthcare design team in Ireland worked in close collaboration with an Austrian partner to win the design contract for the facility, which will be sited on the east side of the River Danube. Arup’s experience in most of the major healthcare projects in Ireland over the past decade, allied to its international track record, was central to the firm’s success.
Shaping a healthy world
The new hospital is due for completion in 2016 and will have the capacity to receive 40,000 hospital admissions, 250,000 outpatient frequencies and about 16,000 surgical procedures per year.
“We are delighted to win such a prestigious commission. Added to projects recently underway in Korea and in Helsinki, this project further strengthens our move into international markets, which is greatly helped by the fact that we are part of the global Arup Group. We aim to keep growing our international business and it is important to recognise that there are regions around the world that represent a healthy marketplace for our services even if the domestic market in Ireland is facing difficulties.”
– Eoghan Lynch, Director of Arup in Ireland
images © Architekturburo Albert Wimmer
News of the Vienna contract has reinforced optimism across the Arup team in Ireland, where the firm has committed to investing for the future in areas such as its graduate recruitment programme.
‘It is important to look to the future and support the top class education our engineering graduates receive here in Ireland’, Mr Lynch said.
Krankenhaus Nord Wien – Background Information
The construction of the Vienna North Hospital is the keystone in the Vienna Hospital Association’s implementation program for the reorganization and development of the Vienna healthcare landscape. Krankenhaus Nord Wien will allow the authorities to re-allocate and consolidate existing healthcare services across the area. A new Sustainability Charter was drafted by the Vienna Hospital Association and the City of Vienna to ensure that the new hospital is designed, constructed and operated to the highest standards. The 800-bed facility is designed to feature a high proportion of daylight, light-filled atriums, roof gardens and spacious lawns with water and grass landscapes. The maximum overall height of the building is set at 55m, providing 240,000m2 of available floor space.
Arup’s Irish team recently started work on the design of a € 210million residential tower in Yongsan, Korea, and will shortly start design work on another €175million residential scheme in Helsinki, which will form part of a new high rise district to the north of the city.
Arup is a global firm of designers, consultants and engineers that is synonymous with many of the world’s most iconic structures, including the Sydney Opera House and the Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium in China.
Arup generated global income of €1.2 billion in 2011. The firm has offices in 35 countries and employs some 10,000 people worldwide, 300 of whom are based in Ireland.
Krankenhaus Nord Wien images / information from Arup
Location: Vienna, Austria, central Europe
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