Fawad Kazi KSSG OKS

The second volume of the five-part building monograph on Zurich-based architect Fawad Kazi's innovative development of Kantonsspital St. Gallen and Ostschweizer Kinderspital

In 2011, Zurich-based architect Fawad Kazi, together with the KSSG-OKS planning consortium, won the competition for the rebuilding and extension of St Gallen's cantonal hospital (KSSG) and the new regional children's hospital for eastern Switzerland (OKS). By 2028, this huge undertaking will have transformed the whole area they are built in. This building monograph, laid out in five elegant volumes, documents in much detail the ambitious project, which is a significant trailblazer in the area of hospital design and urban development.

This second volume is devoted to KSSG's Haus 10, situated at the northern end of the site. Connected to the hospital's main building by means of an ingenious passage, it serves to treat walk-in patients. Its flexible structure allows adaptions to suit also future needs of KSSG. The interior design is based on materials and features intended also for the other new buildings still to come.

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Marko Sauer ist Architekt, freier Autor und Publizist. Er war 20132016 als Redaktor bei TEC21 tätig und von 20182020 als Chefredaktor der Zeitschrift Modulør.

Christoph Wieser ist Architekt, Publizist, Forscher und Dozent an schweizerischen Fachhochschulen. 20032009 war er Redaktor bei Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, 20092013 Leiter des Instituts Konstruktives Entwerfen der Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften ZHAW in Winterthur.