Alessandro Manzoni Hospital

YEAR

1991 – 1996

CLIENT

Lecco health authority n.16

VALUE

€ 129.2 million

TASK

Structural design

LOCATION

Lecco – Italy

CREDITS

architectural designer:
arch. Bohadan Paczowsky
arch. Marco Zanuso
arch. Aurelio Gorgerino

Categories:
  healthcare
  1990 - 2000
  structural

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The complex, located north-east of the town of Lecco, is composed of three buildings with a total floor area of more than 137.000 sqm: the main hospital block; the management buildings with a multi-storey car park; the technological block.

The hospital block, which houses 900 beds, is built on eight floors, two of which are underground. It is equipped with all the facilities and medical equipment of a modern multi-functional structure: such as radiography bunker; re-animation unit; eight operating theatres; casualty and emergency centre with a helicopter pad on the roof of the in-patient building. Otherwise, the administrative building contains all the health authority offices and the areas for the training of paramedic staff, canteen facilities, auditorium, library, etc.

The underground car park is on four levels, has 1,200 parking spaces and, in case of fire hazards, is completely divided by fire compartment with respect to the administration building above.

The technological block is connected to the hospital complex by a three-bay steel bridge which allows the passage of mechanized transport and liquids for the conditioning plant and medical gases. In this building are located the central heating plant, laundry facilities, kitchens, refuse disposal incinerator and the general stores.