Article source: KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten

Light, bright and colorful: the architecture of the new Surgical Center on the Oberer Eselsberg in Ulm. The building was designed by the KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten Munich Office, having won the competition in 2001. The Surgical Center / Dermatology blends into the surrounding landscape and, with the “floating” ward block, also sets a distinctive architectural tone.

In June 2012 the six departments of Ulm University Hospital moved  into the new Surgery / Dermatology building with their patients. The medical institutions, previously scattered over various sites, are now brought together in the new hospital building which will further improve medical care in the Ulm region.  The Surgical Center provides sufficient space for 15 state-of-the-art operating rooms, 235 regular care and 80 intensive care or monitored beds. The building, which offers gross floor space of around 70,000 sq.m., was completed in four years within the scheduled timeframe and budget.

Image Courtesy Jean-Luc Valentin

• Architects: KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten
• Project: New surgical center Ulm
• Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Client / user: Universitätsklinikum Ulm
• Project management: Andrea Erpenbeck, Tereza Nezdara (assist.)
• General care wards: 235 beds
• Intensive care: 80 beds
• OR / Outpatient Clinic: 12 operating rooms / 3 operating rooms

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