Centre Hospitalier Claude Huriez

Construction of a medical-technical block and functional restructuring of the existing hospital.

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The Hôpital Claude-Huriez, designed by Jean Walter, is one of the family of "monument" hospitals, of which the Hôpital Beaujon in Clichy is the first example. At the time of its construction, an innovative functional concept was implemented: the hospital was made up of patient rooms forming fingers articulated around rotundas. Sixty years later, the concept remains valid but the hospital, if it was to continue to operate, needed to be medicalised following contemporary principles.
A six-level medical-technical block was therefore added on the south façade and connected to the rotundas by a glass gallery. The patient wings have been deepened by adding concrete slabs so that single rooms could be installed in place of the former wards. The polished-concrete elements, glass and extruded ceramic shingles are blended with the old brick to form a new architectural ensemble that leaves each period of its history clearly legible. The three top stories are reserved for technical spaces, which facilitates the building's conversion without transforming its familiar silhouette.

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Delivery : 2002