The original Heidenheim hospital goes back to 1887 and most of the present building dates from the 1970s. The buildings are very cramped and need an upgrade to conform to current fire prevention regulations. Future planning, therefore, envisages a step-by-step modernisation and reconstruction of the hospital.

The first step is to build a ward block for approximately 230 beds on the western part of the site. In addition to general nursing wards, there will be a unit for palliative treatment, a department for infectious diseases, interdisciplinary admissions including the care of emergency cases, an intensive medicine ward, an intermediate care ward and the laboratory.

The patient areas are light and comfortable. The rooms open via generous glass facades into spacious loggias, which then form the hallmark of the new façade.

The façade gains its charm from the unusual contrast between the closed brickwork surfaces on the fronts, the surrounding solid brickwork frame, and the concrete honeycomb structure of the loggias with their transparent glass.