RoMed clinic and kbo Inn Salzach clinic at Wasserburg am Inn

Sweco GmbH

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Knob for framed doors

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Knob for framed doors

Two clinics in one

The Royal Bavar­ian Home for Pa­tients with Nervous Dis­or­ders was es­tab­lished as a park­land clinic at Wasser­burg am Inn in 1883, when an array of in­di­vid­ual build­ings and pavil­ions were erected within around 125 acres of un­spoilt coun­try­side. Two sep­a­rate health­care in­sti­tu­tions are now un­der­go­ing a pi­o­neer­ing merger on the site – the somatic RoMed Wasser­burg am Inn Clinic with 130 beds and the kbo Inn Salzach Clinic for Psy­chi­a­try and Neu­rol­ogy with 528 beds.

It goes without saying that the astute de­ci­sion to create a common lo­ca­tion for the two by com­pre­hen­sively ex­tend­ing the ex­ist­ing en­sem­ble of build­ings greatly ben­e­fits pa­tients, who now have access to ex­per­tise from the most diverse of spheres. A sus­tain­abil­ity-dri­ven de­ci­sion was more­over made to provide jointly usable func­tion areas such as a lab­o­ra­tory and ra­di­ol­ogy unit along with a central re­cep­tion area, a cafe­te­ria and a canteen. Despite the two in­sti­tu­tions being housed in sep­a­rate struc­tures, the jointly used fa­cil­i­ties are located in a central con­nect­ing section.

The new build­ings are ar­tic­u­lated in thor­oughly con­tem­po­rary forms and ma­te­ri­als whilst nev­er­the­less ref­er­enc­ing the ar­chi­tec­ture of the listed clin­i­cal struc­tures pre­dat­ing them on the site. They echo the latters’ flat pavil­ion style of con­struc­tion and their three storeys have been slotted into the verdant hilly land­scape in such a way as to each be ac­ces­si­ble at ground level. The ven­er­a­ble at­mos­phere of the clinic lo­ca­tion has been re­tained in the process. And the various struc­tures have been clev­erly laid out so as to afford a clear view out towards the Alps to the south from each build­ing.

Architecture and Object

Claudia Specht, Sweco GmbH
Photo: © Daniel SchvarcZ

“Our prime ob­jec­tive is to produce a vi­su­ally co­her­ent overall entity with which pa­tients, vis­i­tors and staff can iden­tify,” one of the Sweco ar­chi­tects ex­plains. “We take plea­sure in re­sort­ing to models from FSB’s wide-rang­ing product port­fo­lio since they help make it pos­si­ble for us to design the clinic complex in a co­he­sive end-to-end manner.”

Architecture that helps people get better

It isn’t just the Alpine views that give a boost to the work put in by the medical staff at Wasser­burg either. Ther­a­peu­tic gardens planted in front of the build­ings form an in­te­gral part of the treat­ment regime. The ar­chi­tec­ture, too, is geared towards en­gen­der­ing a pos­i­tive, healing effect right down to fine points of detail such as beds placed length­wise against the wall that are con­ducive to pa­tients feeling more secure. Hor­i­zon­tal façade banding in the form of ceramic panels wraps itself round each of the new build­ings like a uni­fy­ing curtain. The façade’s green and earthy colour­ing mirrors the sur­round­ing coun­try­side whilst large ex­panses of glass ef­fec­tively bring the natural world into the build­ings.

The sec­tions con­nect­ing the various units soften the impact of their large overall size and impart an agree­able sense of scale to the un­der­tak­ing. Opting for handles from the FSB 1070 range was only logical given their re­strained, time­less styling. The clients and ar­chi­tects made a unan­i­mous choice for stain­less steel fin­ishes that blend in well with the colours and ma­te­ri­als adopted for the clinic build­ings. The fit­tings meet the rel­e­vant re­quire­ments re­gard­ing hygiene, health and safety at work, and func­tion­al­ity to the full.

Account was also taken of the need to deter acts of suicide in some areas of the clinic by com­bin­ing the model with the door­knob se­lected (sui­cide-de­ter­rent: FSB 96 7099 lever handle, FSB 96 2399 door­knob). Par­tic­u­lar at­ten­tion was paid to bar­rier-free so­lu­tions.

Object details

Photos 1-5 and Teaser image: kbo-Inn-Salzach Klinikum ©Daniel Schvarcz, Photos 6-8: RoMed Klinik © Sweco Rony Kahle

Location

RoMed Klinik und kbo-Inn-Salzach-Klinikum Wasserburg Inn

Gabersee 7,
83512 Wasser­burg am Inn,
Deutsch­land

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