One of the newest and most technological hospitals in Europe will soon be available for the patients, the new Hospital of Venice, located on the mainland, in the region of Veneto, northeastern Italy.

The building site was opened on the 20th February last year and will be available by the end of 2007. The hospital is expected to open its doors on the 1st of January 2008.
In the structure there will be also a new eye bank and a lab for the research on stem cells.

How the hospital will look like:
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The Entrance

The main hall will be enlighted by the light coming through the southern large windows and will give the impression to be like a big indoor garden with fountains, meeting places, benches and trees. Escalators and lifts will bring visitors to the various departments.

The main part
Underground: Parking
Ground Floor: A garden-like square enlighted by the light coming through the "glass sail" is being built in front of the hall from where escalators and lifts will allow people to enter the departments across the hospital.
First Aid area. 16 operating-theatres. Day Surgery room, Radiology and Reanimation rooms.
First Floor Out-patient's department, day hospital.
Second Floor Offices and Direction.
Third, Forth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh floors Departments for patients. 680 beds,3(0 of which for people under dialysis and 20 cradles) divided into 350 rooms composed by 2 beds or 1 bed. All the rooms provide bathroom, shower and cupboards.
Outside: The hospital will resemble an amphitheatre and outside is currently being built the Research on stem cells laboratory, connected to the eye bank.
Canteen, cafeterias, restaurant, meeting rooms.

Parking Three floors in front of the hospital, 535 car places for doctors and workers of the hospital and 557 car places for visitors.
A system of escalators will connect the parking with the hospital.

The hospital (117.600 square metres) will lie on a 260.000 square metres area.

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The eye bank, 5.000 square metres
On the southwestern part of the area will be built the Eye Bank, the biggest in Europe for number of corneas.
The laboratory for the research on epitelial stem cells will be able to provide corneal stem cells to cure deseases so far thought to be incurable.
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The region is also improving the railway system and by the end of next year on the most busy tracks trains To/from Venice there will be trains every 8 minutes.

A new station will be built by the hospital, the TERRAGLIO-OSPEDALE station. Trains every 8 minutes (peak hours) or every 10 minutes will carry the hospital visitors to Venice or Treviso and stop at the stations on the line.

The new station

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simply...impressive...:eek2:



P.S. well done, Nicux! :)

wow!! awesome building

Amazing project!

wow...great hospital! Perhaps I'll visit it some day...but as a doctor, not as patient:lol:

wow...great hospital! Perhaps I'll visit it some day...but as a doctor, not as patient:lol:

Yes yes some crazy italians expressed the wish to be kept for somedays there...I actually wouldn't!!!
By the way, Dr. Masonic... always welcome :D

Very nice. On another note, any progress on that small subway line under the lagoon, or still just talks?

Just talks mate, the priorities are still the high speed railway (under construction, track to Padova ready) and the metro-regional service.

I wish I could know more about the sublagunar's project!

in a map???

in a map???

do you want a map of the area of the new hospital?

impressive

here some more pics:

The plan of the area interested by the new hospital and the infrastructures connected


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Gorgeous!! Wonder if they have medical equipment consultant! We are registered for hospital consultants..

WOOOOW
I LOVE IT.
IT'S REALLY MODERN.
IT'S AMAZING HOW FINALLY ITALY IS GETTING MORE MODERN.
THAT'S GREAT.

It is placed in a so relaxing area, i love it whit all those fields, I want to get sick and visit it :D

jsut for a hospital!! wow

Whats an eye bank? Why would they need to keeps eyes?

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for cornea transplants. You can store the tissue for about a fortnight I believe before it become unviable.

an interesting development, the exterior building is almost completed. :cheers:

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It's nice hospital. Indeed.

That's one hell of a hospital! :D

Looks great. Almost like an airport.

Another update:


The cerimony of inauguration of the hospital will be in September 2007, and finally the first patients will be accepted in the first days of January 2008. :banana:


HERE you can enjoy some amazing virtual videos from the official website: http://www.nuovospedalemestre.it/Tour.php



instead this is a plan of the area, with the % of the status of works:

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now some photos, from different angles:

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I've never seen a hospital this edgy!

this does look fantastic.....

does anyone know the names of the architect and the construction firm building it?

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The Hospital

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Any News !?..

24 September, First Opening


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You can find more pics and updates in the official site >>Nuovospedalemestre.it (http://www.nuovospedalemestre.it/Home.php)

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Nice pics!

The glassed atrium reminds me of Venice's Marco Polo Airport.

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This look's spactacular, thank's to everyone for the photos and information.
This is the best designed medical complex i've ever seen, and the landscaping and subterranean aspects of the project is unsurpassed....!!!

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Safe ducts in case of earthquake

In designing new complexes for use as hospitals or for residential, commercial or industrial purposes in areas at high risk of earthquakes, the safety factor associated with these structures require great attention and meticulous consideration. This means that a careful assessment has to be made not only of the performance of the architectural structures but also of the installations involved in them, particularly the ducts systems for the handling of air. P3 developed this research that focuses on the behaviour of P3ductal system compared to traditional sheet metal ducts in case of earthquake.

Our ecological footprint to save nature!

A sustainable environment is for us a constant and serious social duty. A commitment which becomes reality with eco-sustainable production technologies and the Hydrotec patent which uses water as the only expanding agent for the insulation in P3ductal and P3isomac and therefore without using any greenhouse effect gasses during the expansion of the polyurethane foam. With P3 saving the environment is a reality.

A new air for hospitals! The new Mestre hospital

Maintaining the correct thermohydrometric conditions and air quality is fundamental in all hospital
applications. A great deal of attention, starting from the designing phases, has to be given to
changing the air distribution ducts. P3 has developed a panel on purpose for hospital applications
(available also with an antibacterial treatment) capable of guaranteeing an extremely high level of
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Incredible. Next time I'm near Venice I'll try to contract a disease so I can pay this place a VIP visit. Seriously, though, it's beautiful. There need to be more hospitals like this one.

WOW it looks amazing!

Absurd. Didn't they demolish Biosphere 2? The little 'rainforest indoors' is too tacky for words.

NJANJA

Congratulations to Venice :cheers:

Absolutely stunning! Beautiful atrium which exudes a sense of serenity. How different from more "institutional" looking buildings one normally associates with hospitals.

What a great idea to put a train station in the medical campus.

The status construction status should be changed to completed.
The hospital is operative by months already!!!

Wow. cool and modern looking hospital :)

Agree!

Ding ding ding.....
"Today is the day of Aquarius. Brian wants to announce his love to Emily. Remember, color is bad, and if there is a red dot on your hand, please report to one of the freedom squads to be sent to the Island."

very impressive
very modern

I love it

A good example for others.

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beatiful

That's the best hospital building i have ever seen! Cool.

I completely agree that this is the best hospital in the world. The big news is that it is away from the bustle of the city and its unique design invites you to rest and relax. Is designed around the comfort of the people.

very original and beautiful indeed, but isn't it too small for such big city and populated surroundings ?
is the hospital ss. giovanni e paolo going to close ?

How far is this hospital from the historic/tourist area of Venice with the canals? This seems to be a bit inland? Anybody have an idea?

it's in Mestre actually, which is on mainland. I think you can get to it on a suburban train or bus... or simply call an ambulance!

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love this hospital

Nice. :)

one of the most efficient in europe without any doubt

Interesting.

It breaks a little the traditional hospital´s architecture.

WOW ! Impressive!

is the hospital ss. giovanni e paolo going to close ?

No, but hospital ss. giovanni e paolo isn't the most important hospital of the municipality of venice also because most of the inhabitants of the municipality of Venice reside in mainland

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Looks very nice. Love the glass facade. :)

WAU, nice building.

What is the frequency of rail service between central Mestre and/or Venice and that new hospital station?

I think it is a terrible choice to build a hospital on the outermost periphery of a city. A hospital is a heavily frequented place and as such should be well connected by municipal transportation and well located. It is pretty inconvenient and inefficient if you have to board a regional train to get to your main hospital of you town.

And I haven't even thought about the implications on survival chances if the hospital is so far away from the mainland centre, let alone the old town. Or are there other emergency hospitals available there?

^^ I agree with you. I prefer hospitals that are right in the middle of the city. In my home town Verona we built a new hospital next to the centre of town. It doesn't look as futuristic as this one, but it might be more practical in the end. Plus, due to this huge glass facade they were having a lot of problems with the cooling system, i don't know if they fixed'em.

Ugly and cheap... It sounds like 90's ... or 80's.
Mestre is an ugly city.