Operation Schwarzenberg

Cardinal Schwarzenberg Clinic
with Maurer & Partner, Competition Winner

Our task resides at the heart of the Cardinal Schwarzenberg Clinic during day-to-day operations. On a challenging topographic site, a custom-fit new building will be erected in the coming years, which achieves a unique combination of therapy and diagnostics. The seven storeys of the compact extension provide space for operating rooms, an intensive care unit, a pharmacy, a laboratory, and the pathology and psychiatric departments. The latter is situated on the upper two floors and is centred around a therapy garden bathed in sunlight – a peaceful oasis with views to the sky and mountain range.

Details

Client

Kardinal Schwarzenberg Klinikum

State

In Progress

Building Costs

56,4 Mio. €

Awards

Wettbewerbsgewinn

A splendid view to the mountaintops

The order’s hospital of the Sisters of Charity in Schwarzach has continually expanded over the course of many years. The second-largest hospital in the province of Salzburg was in need of more space for modernised operating rooms, a new recovery area, but also a contemporary and close-to-nature conception of the psychiatric department. In collaboration with Maurer & Partner, we will realise a compact new building on the site of the former children’s hospital, which meets the many different demands of daily life in the clinic. The sublevels of the punctiform structure house the building systems and personnel changerooms; the operating rooms are on the first storey with connection to the existing buildings, where the anaesthesiologic intensive care unit is in close proximity. Stacked above are the clinical diagnostics labs, the pharmacy, and the psychiatric department with its ring-shape arrangement of the rooms. The resulting atrium courtyard provides a protected, close-to-nature atmosphere and a sense of community for patients. The rooms are oriented to the outside, offering an open view to the mountain landscape.

»An open view is always available, whether from one’s room or the terrace – a fantastic solution.«

From competition jury protocol

Angenehmes Raumklima für Genesung

Weniger Krankenhausflair, mehr Wohlfühlcharakter. Auf den Bettenstationen der psychiatrischen Abteilung setzen wir viel Holz ein, das – laut einer wissenschaftlichen Studie der Universität Graz – eine beruhigende Wirkung auf das Herz-Kreislauf-System hat. Damit die PatientInnen auch im Liegen eine gute Aussicht haben, planen wir ein niedriges Parapet. Die Sitznische am Fenster sorgt für zusätzliche Gemütlichkeit. Die Kästen dienen nicht nur als Stauraum, sondern auch als Sichtschutz im Doppelzimmer.  

Speed is the key

Corridors and bridges on different floors connect the new building to the existing complex in the best possible way, facilitating short distances for the medical staff. With the operating area and intensive care units on one level, patients also profit from the sophisticated design in the event of an emergency.

»The focus of the winning concept is centred on personnel and patient-oriented procedures in the hospital, connection to the existing clinic, light and atmosphere, integration into the town and landscape, and extendibility if needed.«

Cornelia Lindner, clinic director

Tageslicht für OP-Säle

Alle acht Operationssäle erhalten dank eines eingeschnittenen Lichthofs natürliches Licht. Davon profitiert das medizinische Personal vor allem während der Vor- und Nachbereitung von Operationen. Gestalterisch konzentrieren wir uns auf das Wesentliche: einfach zu reinigende, glatte Oberflächen und eine funktionale Ausstattung. 

Using the Slope

The new building cleverly uses the slope of the site to fit in aesthetically with the clinic ensemble and the landscape and not appear too massive. At the separate entrance area to the psychiatric ward, visitors are not confronted with a colossal building volume, rather a four-storey structure common for the rural context. The remaining three storeys disappear into the slope and are only seen from the clinic side. The façade of the building also draws from its surroundings: white plaster façades adopt the formal language of the existing buildings, while the subtle colour accents of the windows cite the red tone of the neighbouring church.

»The combination of Maurer & Partner’s longstanding experience in hospital planning with our design expertise enabled us to optimally address the users’ wishes.«

Erwin Stättner, Franz&Sue partner

Floor plan 2nd floor

Floorplan Attic

Site Plan

Index/Count
Type Of Commission

geladener Wettbewerb

Client

Kardinal Schwarzenberg Klinikum

Construction

2023-2026

Gross Floor Area

12.370 m²

Scope Of Commission

Architekturplanung

Location

Schwarzach, Salzburg

State

In Progress

Building Costs

56,4 Mio. €

Design

ab 2021

Team

Romina Priesner, Friedrich Körner, Suvi Repo

Awards

Wettbewerbsgewinn

Structural Engineer

Herbrich Consult

Building Physics

Ingenieurbüro Rothbacher

Fire Safety Planning

Golser Technisches Büro

Medical Technology

GSM Gesellschaft für Sicherheit in der Medizintechnik

Other Cooperation

Projektsteuerung: Jastrinsky Haustechnik: Dick + Harner

Elektrotechnik: Gsenger & Tabakoff