Carcassonne Central Hospital

  • Location

    Carcassonne, France

  • Program

    Public hospital;496 beds;Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics (MCO),Logistics hub liaison gallery,Single intern centre;1 IRM, 2 Scanners, 4 Radiology rooms, 2 Gamma camera + reserve PET scan, 9 Operating Theatres, 1 angiography room, 5 meeting rooms, 2 particle accelerators, 24 dialysis stations, 13 AGV "turtles" for logistics.

  • Area

    53,757 m² work surface

  • Client

    Carcassonne Hospital Centre
    AMO: ICADE Promotion
    Technical controller: APAVE
    CSPS: Bureau VERITAS
    AMO HQE: BEHI

  • Status

    Completed

  • Cost

    €117 million excluding taxes, of which €105 million excluding taxes for works

  • Project Team

    Project Design/Implementation: Main Engineering and Technology
    Project Agent: François Fondeville Construction Group
    Architectural Design: AIA Life Designers
    Engineering Design & Cost Management: AIA Engineering, France
    Environmental Design: AIA Green Building Studio

  • Winner, National Engineering Prize 2014. Bioclimate design for the first French hospital to achieve HQE Excellence certification and RT 2012 compliance.

    AIA Associés engineers developed a number of innovative solutions enabling them to meet the environmental challenges posed by establishments open to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year, and which are particularly energy-hungry in the process. A first in France for buildings with unparalleled levels of technical and design complexity, both in terms of the number of disciplines to be mastered, and of the interactions between them.At the gates to the historic city of Carcassonne, the new hospital constitutes a unifying element for the hospital area currently under development. Nestled in a green, hilly landscape, the edifice acts as a signal.

    Its horizontal aspect retains a human scale and offers far-reaching views of the surrounding countryside. The interior of the hospital is laid out in a wraparound shape which provides protection from the wind and which evokes the unity of the medical profession and caring support. A single location, set back from the main façade and marked by folds in the outer envelope, welcomes patients as close as possible to the different flow hubs located in different parts of the main hall.

    This functional organisation is derived from a therapeutic vision and anticipates the evolution of different modes of care. By optimising the smooth flow of human movement, consultations, outpatients, the day hospital, imaging, the intensive care / emergency hub, the laboratories, the haemodialysis service and teaching spaces are organised around the reception and the main hall. In order to plan for the evolution of the outpatient area, longer-term hospitalisation is located adjacent to the day hospital, enabling the progressive replacement of beds with outpatient areas. To the west, the mother-and-child hub is anchored close to the obstetrics centre. On the two upper levels, hospitalisation and management modules are positioned around the central hub. Flows are organised centrally, all while preserving their independence. 
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