Kantonsspital St.Gallen KSSG - Eastern Switzerland Children's Hospital OKS
Overall project KSSG-OKS. 2009-2029
PROCEDURE
Two-stage general planning competition in a selective procedure, 2009-2011, 1st prize
CLIENT
Canton of St.Gallen, Building Department / Building Construction Office (until 2016)
Spitalanlagengesellschaft Kantonsspital St.Gallen (2017-2024)
Spitalanlagengesellschaft HOCH Health Ostschweiz
Stiftung Ostschweizer Kinderspital
CONTRACTOR
Planning consortium PG KSSG-OKS:
Architect: Fawad Kazi Architekt GmbH, Zurich
Structural engineer, excavation: WaltGalmarini AG, Zurich
HVAC engineer: Amstein + Walthert AG, Zurich
Sub-planner:
Project management: Imooo AG, Zurich / Meyer Partner Architekten GmbH, Zurich (since 2024), Hämmerle Partner AG, Zurich (2009-2023)
Construction management: Walter Dietsche Baumanagement AG, Chur (from construction project)
Cost planning: HSSP AG, Zurich (competition and preliminary project)
Landscape architect: vetschpartner Landschaftsarchitekten AG, Zurich
Civil engineer for utilities, squares: BlessHess AG, Lucerne
Traffic planning: Enz & Partner GmbH Ingenieurbüro für Verkehrswesen, Zurich
Façade planning: Atelier P3 AG, Zurich
Lighting design: Reflexion AG, Zurich
Fire protection: Amstein + Walthert AG, Zurich
Building physics, acoustics, sustainability: Amstein + Walthert AG, Zurich
Security planning: Amstein + Walthert AG, Zurich
Communication ICT: Amstein + Walthert Progress AG, Zurich
Building automation: Amstein + Walthert St.Gallen AG, St.Gallen
Hospital and medical planning, radiation protection concept: IBG - Institut für Beratungen im Gesundheitswesen, Aarau (from competition stage 2)
Hospital planning: PGMM Schweiz AG, Winterthur (competition stage 1)
Lift planning: Rapp Infra AG, Basel (competition and preliminary project)
Catering planning: planbar ag, Zurich
Signage: Integral Axel Steinberger Zürich GmbH, Zurich (from preliminary project)
Helipad planning: BATT Suisse GmbH, Dübendorf (since 2021), Helikopter Landeplatz Consulting, Zizers (competition and preliminary project)
TEAM
Fawad Kazi Architekt GmbH:
Project management: Fawad Kazi (since 2009), Luzius Stiefel (since 2011), Fabian Markel (since 2011), Tommaso Passalacqua (since 2014), Alec Müller (since 2021), Andreas Meyer (Meyer Partner Architekten GmbH, Zurich, since 2021), Philipp Macke (2011-2015), Manfred Kunz (2015-2023), Lucius Ueberwasser (2018-2020), Hans Kolbeck (2020-2021), Britta Fehse (2020-2021), Subproject management: Stefano Murialdo (since 2016), Daniel Lautenschlager (since 2022), Selami Sahin (2013-2014)
Collaboration: Stefan Günther, Marlen Johne, Nicole Schönfelder, Josephine Kutschbach, Uwe Gottfried, Susanne Loose, Pascale Siebers, Rachel Püntener, Angela Bider, Luca Riolfo, Styliani Azariadi, Andras Varga, Katharina Friedemann, Laura Perez, Lara Scholl, Paulina Bonowicz, Francesca Baio, Lisa-Marie Altrichter, Elissavet Dritsa, Vanessa Hegi, Szilvia Varga, Manuela Kazi, Karine Mulumba, Ana Cavaco, Paloma Martinez, Katerina Bortlova, Adem Shala, Zafeiris Magarakis, Katharina Kress, Zuzana Porubcanova, Maciej Sokolnicki, Dimitra Christoforidi, Renato De Ciccio, Thomas Miske, Anael Gürler, Selai Nasery, Mariana Pereira, Mateo Garcia, Luigi Maucione, Paola Colin, Dario Bruni, Carlos Aguayo, Omar Al Ghandour, Bruno Santos, Sara Hübner, Adrianus Duquesnoy, Tino Nüesch, Leopold Riesemann, Veronika Nemcova
ADDRESS
Rorschacher Strasse 95, 9007 St.Gallen, Switzerland
KEY DATA
Floor area: approx. 120,000 m2
Building volume: approx. 440,000 m3
Planning: from 2011
Realization: 2016-2029
Construction costs SKP 1-9: approx. 800 million CHF
SUBPROJECTS
Kantonsspital St.Gallen KSSG:
Pavilion, 2016-2017
Building 10, 2016-2018
Building 07A, 2018-2024
Building 07B, 2025-2029
Building 07C (competition)
Ostschweizer Kinderspital OKS, 2020-2026
PHOTOS
Yves Kubli
VISUALIZATIONS
Fawad Kazi Architekt GmbH
PUBLICATIONS
Reference books:
KSSG-OKSI - Project introduction and pavilion, ed. Marko Sauer and Christoph Wieser, Verlag park books, 2018
KSSG-OKSII - Building 10, ed. Marko Sauer and Christoph Wieser, Verlag park books, 2021
KSSG-OKSIII - Building 07A, ed. Marko Sauer and Christoph Wieser, Verlag park books, 2025
Further:
Jury report competition Kantonsspital St.Gallen KSSG - Ostschweizer Kinderspital OKS, ed. Hochbauamt des Kantons St.Gallen, 2011, pp. 44-58, 74-87, 112-120
LINKS
Kantonsspital St.Gallen:
New building project "come together"
Construction magazine "come together"
Webcams
Art for the new buildings
Eastern Switzerland Children's Hospital:
The new Eastern Switzerland Children's Hospital
Art in construction "Reflexion Arealtransformation":
Katalin Déer, 12 ZWEI
Matthias Gnehm, The Therapy of Time
Pavilion, House 10
House 07A, OKS
House 07B
House 07C
"The planners are thus demonstrating the vision and clarity with which their predecessors laid the foundations for the current state. They have created a new order on the site that incorporates the existing buildings and, with their strategy, offer a resilient and adaptable basis for future operations - detached from the architectural zeitgeist and the rapid development of medicine."
- Werner Binotto
WORKING ON THE GENERATION PROJECT
Reflections on hospital construction
The winning project of the competition by Fawad Kazi with the planning consortium PG KSSG-OKS ... almost completely preserves the green space along Rorschacher Strasse and thus gives the site its identity. In addition, the project follows a stringent overall concept in all expansion stages: Once all the buildings have been constructed after stage 3, three new high-rise buildings will complement the existing ensemble. Until then, stages 1 and 2 offer convincing figures in urban development, as the most important constants have been established.
An outstanding feature of this project is that all the buildings are already connected to each other in the first stage and that one building, House 10, enables the various organizational changes that the extension requires. At the end of the work, this "castling house" will remain standing and will continue to be used: This means that the business does not require any temporary accommodation. The long block, which is inserted between bed tower 04 and the historic building 01, will connect the existing buildings (MIPS building 03A) with the two new buildings - building 07A in the south-western corner and OKS to the east. The result is impressive: at first floor level, all the buildings are connected to each other around the central courtyard, while below ground, a two-storey channel system allows the movement of people and goods.
The architectural qualities of the project meet the aforementioned requirements and thus lay the foundation for a long service life, as a distinction is made structurally between the long-lasting public programs and the operational parts that require more flexibility. This order affects the floor plans as well as the sections and room heights. The planning consortium has developed a strategy that spatially absorbs the permanent change in use. This structure of rooms with different characteristics is surrounded by a "cloak" with massive frames made of prefabricated artificial stone, which differs in its details depending on where it is used. This strategy also points beyond the day and, with its legible language, offers sufficient space for future developments in expression.
Werner Binotto, Arbeiten am Generationenprojekt, Überlegungen zum Spitalbau (excerpt), KSSG-OKS I - Projektinführung und Pavillon, ed. Marko Sauer and Christoph Wieser, Verlag park books, 2018
STAGE 0
Portfolio
until 2016
STAGE 1
Pavilion, House 10, House 07A, OKS
2016-2026
STAGE 2
House 07B
2025-2029
STAGE 3
House 07C
STAGE 4
Scenario
STAGE 5
Scenario
"In addition to functional reasons, there are also compositional reasons for the position and proportions of the high-rise buildings. To prevent the towers from collapsing into a huge volume as you walk around the building complex, they have to have a certain slenderness. What interests me here is the phenomenon of parallax: if you change your point of view, the towers seem to move towards each other."
- Fawad Kazi
Fawad Kazi, Marko Sauer, Christoph Wieser, Flexibility and Permanence, Hospital Construction as a Challenge. A conversation on the project genesis of KSSG-OKS (excerpt), KSSG-OKS I - project introduction and pavilion, ed. Marko Sauer and Christoph Wieser, Verlag park books, 2018
