Milan-based design studio Matteo Thun & Partners and German architecture firm HDR Germany have designed a hospital in Germany that draws on hospitality design to ensure patients are treated like guests.
In 2013, Matteo Thun & Partners won an international competition to design a new hospital wing for Germany's largest orthopaedics centre, the Waldkliniken Eisenberg. The studio collaborated with HDR Germany on the project.
Waldkliniken Eisenberg is a hospital facility in Germany designed by Matteo Thun & Partners and HDR Germany
The hospital is located in the Thuringian Forest around 45 miles southwest of Leipzig and the new wing was designed to accommodate pre-and post-operative patients, as well as those requiring therapeutic treatments. Matteo Thun & Partners was awarded the contract, together with HDR Germany, because of its extensive experience working in the hospitality sector, which enabled it to propose a design that combines the comfort of a hotel with the performance criteria required by a care facility.
Waldkliniken Eisenberg is surrounded by the Thuringian Forest
"The underlying vision for our ward block was to build a hospital that treats its patients as guests," reads an entry on the hospital's website. "It should be a hospital that provides both first-class medical care and the highest levels of living quality."
The building's six floors accommodate 128 patient rooms, the majority of which contain two beds within a Z-shaped...