Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Brunet Saunier & Associes Secure Permit for Urban Forest Hospital in Greater Paris

"The project is a state initiative responding to rapid population growth, increasing demand for care, and evolving technical standards with a "next-generation" hospital in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, a commune in the northern suburbs of the French capital. The hospital will be located on the site of the former PSA factory, once an industrial engine of the region and now large and well-connected enough to host a program of rare scale: 986 beds and 288 day places, a workforce of over 5,500 professionals."

"Envisioned as a "hospital-landscape," the building designed by RPBW in association with Brunet Saunier & Associés stands out for featuring a 1.3-hectare roof garden and an urban forest with over 1,000 trees."

"The origins of the new hospital project date back to 2013, when the State and AP-HP announced an initiative to consolidate the medico-surgical activities of the Bichat-Claude-Bernard Hospital in Paris's 18th arrondissement and Beaujon Hospital in Clichy, both located in aging buildings that were overly constrained and difficult to modernize, into a single new site integrated with the university and well connected to transport networks."

The Hôpital Universitaire Saint-Ouen Grand Paris Nord received official building permit approval on February 20, representing a major state healthcare initiative addressing population growth and care demand in the Paris region. The project consolidates medico-surgical activities from two aging hospitals—Bichat-Claude-Bernard and Beaujon—into a single modern facility on the former PSA factory site in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine. The hospital will accommodate 986 beds, 288 day places, and employ over 5,500 professionals with contemporary surgical and maternity facilities. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Brunet Saunier & Associés, the structure features a distinctive 1.3-hectare roof garden and urban forest containing over 1,000 trees, creating a "hospital-landscape" concept. The project originated in 2013, received Project of General Interest status in 2019, and Public Utility declaration in 2022, with expected completion by 2032.

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