"Zaha Hadid Architects, in collaboration with RINA as team leader, Studio Plicchi, WSP, STI Engineering, and BC Building Consulting, has won the international competition to design Malpensa Hospital (Grande Ospedale della Malpensa) in Italy. Commissioned by the Lombardy Regional Health Authority, the project will consolidate the existing Gallarate and Busto Arsizio hospitals into a single medical campus serving the area between Milan and Varese, with a catchment of nearly one million residents."
"The new hospital is planned as a compact facility of approximately 90,000 square meters, organized across five above-ground levels and one basement. Spaces are arranged according to intensity of care, with emergency services, surgery, and critical care concentrated within a multifunctional operating block that integrates radiology, interventional, and diagnostic areas. The program also includes outpatient and inpatient services, maternal and infant care wards, diagnostic and therapy zones, rehabilitation areas, laboratories, logistics facilities, and first- and second-level clinics."
"The hospital site is located within a landscape characterized by woodland and agricultural land that forms part of the Regional Ecological Network and lies near the Parco Regionale della Valle del Ticino. The landscape strategy retains existing woodland and introduces new wetlands, bioswales, and planted areas to support stormwater management and biodiversity. The historic Cascina dei Poveri, a rural complex dating to the 12th and 13th centuries, is preserved and incorporated into the campus layout."
A new 90,000 square meter Malpensa Hospital will consolidate Gallarate and Busto Arsizio hospitals into a single campus serving nearly one million residents between Milan and Varese. The compact facility spans five above-ground levels and a basement, organizing spaces by intensity of care. Emergency, surgery and critical care are concentrated in a multifunctional operating block integrating radiology, interventional and diagnostic services. The program includes outpatient and inpatient services, maternal and infant wards, diagnostics, therapy, rehabilitation, laboratories, logistics and clinics. All areas are designed for future reconfiguration. The campus preserves woodland, adds wetlands and bioswales, incorporates the historic Cascina dei Poveri, and separates circulation for patients, visitors, staff and goods with dedicated elevators for materials, supplies and waste.
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