Fawad Kazi KSSG - OKS

In 2011, the Zurich architect Fawad Kazi and the planning consortium KSSG-OKS won the competition for the extensive extension project of the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen and the new building for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland. Over the next ten years, large extensions and new buildings will be realised, which will completely transform the entire hospital area: The park with individual buildings will give way to a large, cohesive complex of buildings. This building monograph, covering a total of five volumes, documents in detail the project, which is significant from the point of view of urban development and demanding in terms of architecture, construction and hospital operation. Volume I illuminates the genesis of the project and is devoted to the first new building. The elegant pavilion is both an extension of the existing restaurant and a transformer station for the entire hospital complex. This duality is reflected in the solid construction of the underground infrastructure, which in the form of massive chimneys forms the primary support structure for the lightweight construction of the catering area.