Pargade Architectes + Patriache + Haïku consortium won the competition for the design of the New Reims Hospital (France), mainly dedicated to medical activities, with 498 beds and places, a research centre and operating rooms.

A link :

The master plan of the New Hospital of the CHU de Reims is based on a continuous internal linear link, a real backbone crossing the difference in level of the land between North and South and linking all the site's centres, which are currently dispersed in different buildings. Phase 2 therefore represents the missing piece of the puzzle, the reconstruction of which will ensure the unity of the hospital centre.
To the north, it provides a junction through a continuity of the main circulations with the old buildings preserved through the Rotunda and to the south, in the same way, with the Emergency building and the newly built Phase 1. The project thus recreates a perfect continuity of the functioning of the services and makes it possible to integrate by a tree structure the other peripheral satellites (Pole Mother Child, Odontology, Territorial Biology Pole, etc.).

Entrance door :

This axis creates a clear separation of the east and west facades of the hospital: the east side corresponds to the interior of the site. This is the place where the main vehicle flows (ambulances and logistics) are organised. The west side is the new entrance. It is located on the main façade, which is open to the city and the wider landscape. It corresponds, from the new southern entrance, to the arrival of patients and visitors, through a large planted esplanade oriented towards the University and the tramway station, which will open up during the third phase of the site reconfiguration.
In total, the master plan leads to a complete reversal of the hospital's orientation from north to south.

Glass facade, a landmark event :

The architecture is both modern and historical. The facades are made of red brick reused from demolished buildings. They extend the historical axis lined with old buildings from the Maison Blanche entrance while, dominating the site, the new hospital entrance asserts its identity through a striking architectural event in contrast with the rest of the site: a glass screen pleated, protective, which reflects the garden.

Scalability/resilience :

Formed by large continuous platforms and pierced by large patios, the project is characterised by its scalability, which is necessary to bring together various hospital functions with multiple connections in the same building. A structured architecture between serving spaces and dependent spaces that allows the position of services to be varied and new needs to be met.
Finally, the architects' approach is part of sustainability by ensuring the durability of the works: consideration of the environment, decarbonization, reversibility, choice of ambitious construction systems with sustainable materials (bioclimatic double facade in wood structure, reuse of brick present on the site, etc.).

Pictures
RSI Studio / Pargade Architectes

Drawings and plans
Pargade Architectes