Park Books Fawad Kazi KSSG–OKS: Volume III: Haus 07A: 3

The comprehensive rebuilding and extension of the KSSG - OKS hospital complex in the Swiss city of St. Gallen is one of the country's most challenging public health building projects The new KSSG building Haus 07A is typologically innovative and operationally efficient, and also offers an attractive new public space on its roof terrace Hospital buildings are among the most important public infrastructures, often forging entire cityscapes Text in English and German Since 2011, the Swiss city of St. Gallen's public hospital KSSG - OKS has been undergoing a comprehensive rebuilding and extension program. Developed by Zurich-based firm Fawad Kazi Architekt in collaboration with the KSSG - OKS planning consortium, the vast undertaking will completely transform the site into a large, coherent building complex by 2029. This third volume of the eventually five-part monograph on this major and hugely demanding urban development project is dedicated to Haus 07A, the largest of the new buildings, which gives the entire complex a new urban face. A high-rise that mainly hosts the hospital's wards is founded on a three-story elongated base with a spacious public roof terrace and including also the main entrance to the entire hospital complex. Text in English and German.