The hospital of Luzern is planning a replacement building on the existing hospital site in Wolhusen. The realisation of the hospital should not bother the ongoing operations of the original hospital. One of the requirements was that the new volume could be expanded easily; this situation is also shown during the very first design phases of this project. LUDES, together with Nissen Wentzlaff Architekten, won the first price in this competition.

The winning project opted for a new building in the north of the area along the Spitalstrasse. It offers a good cost/benefit ratio and at the same time has development potential: the modular infrastructure means that it is possible to react flexibly to future changes in the range of services and new operational developments.

The low construction meets all the requirements of a modern hospital operation. The design adapts well to the surroundings and thus takes the needs of the residents into account. Processes and infrastructure meet the needs of patients. On the first floor is the ward with the patient rooms. On the ground floor are all the functions for the outpatient clinics and therapies, including a restaurant with park view. The emergency ward, the X-ray unit and the surgery department are placed on the basement level. Both basement floors will connect horizontally with the existing basement floors. The basement floors of the current building will remain; the rest of the existing volume will be dismantled and replaced by a spacious public park.

If everything goes according to plan, implementation can begin at the end of 2019, and the new building will open at the end of 2022.