The competition was designed to find a solution for the structural deficits at the four locations of Duisburg Catholic Hospital. The competition brief covered some new hospital building (650 beds) next to St. Johannes Hospital in Duisburg-Hamborn and plans to improve the economic efficiency of the clinical areas at all four locations, incorporating the old listed building as an administration area and converting the existing women’s hospital into a parent-child centre.

LUDES’ design and draft which won first prize foresees a compact 5-storey new construction with

minimised pathways and optimised vertical and horizontal links designed to improve functional procedures. The practical design of adjoining areas facilitates high synergy effects by means of the common use of areas and equipment. Natural materials and generous lighting increase the feel-good factor of staff, patients, and visitors alike.

From a design point of view, the language of the shapes and materials of the listed building and the traditional brick architecture of the Ruhr area are retained and further developed in line with modern times.