Groene Hart Hospital

The construction of a wing in the Groene Hart (Green Heart) Hospital in Gouda was developed as a Design & Build project. Design & Build intails an integral project includingurban design, architecture, building construction, technical equipment and then building preparation and construction. The design and construction preparation lasted only 15 months. In the Dutch tradition of hospital construction, this was a great achievement. Complex processes, such as designing a hospital, can only succeed when the advisors and the experienced contracting specialists are all experts in their field and work together seamlessly. Or, as they say in the Netherlands, designing to the ring of the cash register. Even the hospital end users played a crucial role during development of their building; their work environment.

The Groene Hart Hospital cleverly arranged that by working with expert groups. Medical professionals who knew what they were talking about, who identified the latest technologies and who could reflect on future developments. Design and build for the future, for future organisational developments and changing treatments for patients; these are the arguments for building smart and engineering. The methodology that was devised for this project was the development separation between the basic structure and the installation. The basic structure set conditions on how the layout of the interior was developed. This preparation technique paid off upon delivery.

Recently, 2021, suitable housing for the laboratories of Clinical Chemistry and Medical Microbiology was designed and realized in the existing building. This filling is the prelude to the hospital's phase 2 new-build development, which must be fully completed by 2035. By 2035 the entire accommodation of the Groene Hart Hospital will have been renovated.