{"id":529904,"date":"2026-07-02T19:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/529904\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:28:19","slug":"kilometer-long-garden-ring-shapes-carlo-ratti-associatis-hospital-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/529904\/","title":{"rendered":"kilometer-long garden ring shapes carlo ratti associati&#8217;s &#8216;hospital of the future&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>carlo ratti imagines a hospital campus as a civic landscape<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-italy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brescia<\/a>, the future of one of Lombardy\u2019s major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/healthcare-facilities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">healthcare<\/a> institutions is being drawn by a team led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/carlo-ratti\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati<\/a> as a campus of gardens, glazed wings, and public routes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The winning proposal for the new Main Hospital and Children\u2019s Hospital of ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia has been unveiled at Teatro Grande, bringing together CRA, Park Associati, and Politecnica Building for Humans with Openfabric, DOTDOTDOT, Eckersley O\u2019Callaghan, and Studio Mattioli.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project, selected through an international design competition, reworks the existing hospital campus through the lens of One Health, linking medical treatment with research, landscape, and the public realm.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to begin in 2028, while the new facilities will gather clinical and technological functions across 60,500 square meters and more than 745 beds.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1197774 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"carlo ratti hospital brescia\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/carlo-ratti-associati-hospital-future-brescia-italy-designboom-01.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>visualization \u00a9 Park Associati<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>extending Brescia\u2019s radial plan<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The design by <a href=\"https:\/\/carlorattiassociati.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carlo Ratti Associati<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/parkassociati.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Park Associati<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politecnica.it\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Politecnica Building for Humans<\/a> begins with the early twentieth-century masterplan by engineer Angelo Bordoni, whose hexagonal core and radial layout shaped the identity of the Spedali Civili campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead of erasing that structure, the new proposal extends its logic outward, organizing the Main Hospital as three connected wings that open toward the city and frame views of the surrounding mountains. At ground level, a fully glazed lobby faces a new public piazza, giving the hospital a more visible civic front.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inside, the project places emphasis on daylight, direct wayfinding, acoustic comfort, and views toward the Brescia Prealps. Patient rooms are designed with visual links to the landscape, while large glazed winter gardens cap the ends of each wing, softening the transition between treatment spaces and the outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The facade, developed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eocengineers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eckersley O\u2019Callaghan<\/a>, manages solar control and glare while keeping the building visually open.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1197775 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"carlo ratti hospital brescia\" width=\"818\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/carlo-ratti-associati-hospital-future-brescia-italy-designboom-02.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>visualization \u00a9 Park Associati<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CareRing connects treatment, logistics, and public space<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Children\u2019s Hospital takes shape as an independent building made from rounded volumes of different heights. Its courtyards, terraces, and internal gardens bring outdoor space into direct contact with departments, while the entrance atrium includes play areas, consultation zones, and places for families to gather.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The geometry gives the building a distinct identity within the campus, with spaces that are easier to read at a child\u2019s scale.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The proposal\u2019s strongest spatial move is the CareRing, a continuous route stretching for more than one kilometer around the campus. Below ground, it organizes logistics, services, and technical flows away from clinical circulation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At ground level, it becomes a green system of squares, therapeutic gardens, and public paths, designed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openfabric.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Openfabric<\/a> to connect the hospital to the city while improving biodiversity and microclimate.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1197776 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"carlo ratti hospital brescia\" width=\"818\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/carlo-ratti-associati-hospital-future-brescia-italy-designboom-03.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>visualization \u00a9 Park<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>a timber hospital planned for future change<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new buildings will use a hybrid timber and steel structure assembled through dry construction techniques, reducing embodied carbon while allowing the campus to adapt as medical technologies shift.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A digital layer developed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dotdotdot.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DOTDOTDOT<\/a> will support wayfinding, flow management, and environmental monitoring without taking over the architectural experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The technical systems are present, but the design keeps attention on movement, light, landscape, and the legibility of the campus.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1197777 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"carlo ratti hospital brescia\" width=\"818\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/carlo-ratti-associati-hospital-future-brescia-italy-designboom-04.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>visualization \u00a9 Park Associati<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1197778 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"carlo ratti hospital brescia\" width=\"818\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/carlo-ratti-associati-hospital-future-brescia-italy-designboom-05.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>visualization \u00a9 Park Associati<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"carlo ratti imagines a hospital campus as a civic landscape \u00a0 In Brescia, the future of one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[27802,307,304,305,306,65893,308,93,95749,61,60],"class_list":["post-529904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-in-italy","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-carlo-ratti","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-healthcare-facilities","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}