Bremen’s largest hospital is steeped in tradition. Its foundation lays in 1851 in St.-Jürgen-Strasse, and its origins as a pavilion-type hospital is still recognizable in the extremely heterogeneous construction, which comprises over a dozen buildings scattered over an area of about 20 hectares.

For this project, LUDES developed a new compact building to create a patient-friendly hospital with short distances, optimal workflows and low process costs. The design takes into account that Block 2 is a listed building and Block 1 is a substantial part of the somewhat rambling hospital. The new parent-child centre is to be linked up to this, although it will remain as a separate block.

The building divides into a one-storey functions base, four nursing floors stretching along Bismarckstrasse in a comb-like structure, and further examination and treatment areas on the levels 2 and 3 at the back, directed to the south.

The architecture continues the theme of the existing building structure and the surrounding area and harmonises well with the nearby housing by its distinctive brick façade.