University Hospital Center Alger

The design of the new University Hospital of Algiers

The design of the new University Hospital of Algiers, developed for Rizzani De Eccher e San Raffaele, answer the need to build a health center of excellence and it is also an architectural icon which embodies the spirit and ambitions of a country in rapid growth.

In the great tradition of the spaces of care in the Islamic culture, the physical and visual integration between green areas and areas associated with the stay of patients and visitors, is a founding principle not only for the aesthetic quality of the built space, promoting the humanization and environmental control, but is a key element of the therapeutic experience.For this reason, for every level of user, we chose to give adequate indoor and outdoor spaces, encouraging the direct relationship between the patient and the nature and facilitating opportunities for socialization and living together, within a structure of excellence, that will be perceived by users and visitors a wonderful public space. The building is built around a large courtyard garden, partly hanging and developed on several levels.

The geometry of this terraced open space, is strongly linked to the performance of the rugged landscape, becoming the artificial continuation.  Structurally, the building is characterized by a radial mesh designed to accommodate the best forms of hospital rooms and doctors’ offices. The high modularity of the structure and the possibility of changing different functions within the same mesh, in addition to the flexibility of the various planes of hospitalization in the design phase and development of the hospital, ensures to the building  ample margins of future transformability.

Client: Ministère de la Santé, de la population et de la réforme hospitalière Agence nationale de gestion des réalisations et d’équipement des etablissements de santé
General Contractor: Rizzani de Eccher SpA
Hospital Management: San Raffaele Hospital
Architectural design: Mario Cucinella Architects Srl
MC A Team: Mario Cucinella, Michele Olivieri, Angelo Agostini with Mirco Bianchini, Emanuele Dionigi, Rachid Hicheri, Pietro Marziali, Lapo Naldoni, Giulia Pentella, Luca Sandri. Models: Yuri Costantini, Letizia Lanzi
Health project: InAr – Ingegneria Architettura
Structure design: Enigma Engineering Srl
Design Facilities: Manens-Tifs Spa
Program Management: Consulit Srl
Visual: Engram Studio


In the great tradition of the spaces of care in the Islamic culture, the physical and visual integration between green areas and areas associated with the stay of patients and visitors, is a founding principle not only for the aesthetic quality of the built space, promoting the humanization and environmental control, but is a key element of the therapeutic experience.For this reason, for every level of user, we chose to give adequate indoor and outdoor spaces, encouraging the direct relationship between the patient and the nature and facilitating opportunities for socialization and living together, within a structure of excellence, that will be perceived by users and visitors a wonderful public space. The building is built around a large courtyard garden, partly hanging and developed on several levels.

The geometry of this terraced open space, is strongly linked to the performance of the rugged landscape, becoming the artificial continuation.  Structurally, the building is characterized by a radial mesh designed to accommodate the best forms of hospital rooms and doctors’ offices. The high modularity of the structure and the possibility of changing different functions within the same mesh, in addition to the flexibility of the various planes of hospitalization in the design phase and development of the hospital, ensures to the building  ample margins of future transformability.

Client: Ministère de la Santé, de la population et de la réforme hospitalière Agence nationale de gestion des réalisations et d’équipement des etablissements de santé
General Contractor: Rizzani de Eccher SpA
Hospital Management: San Raffaele Hospital
Architectural design: Mario Cucinella Architects Srl
MC A Team: Mario Cucinella, Michele Olivieri, Angelo Agostini with Mirco Bianchini, Emanuele Dionigi, Rachid Hicheri, Pietro Marziali, Lapo Naldoni, Giulia Pentella, Luca Sandri. Models: Yuri Costantini, Letizia Lanzi
Health project: InAr – Ingegneria Architettura
Structure design: Enigma Engineering Srl
Design Facilities: Manens-Tifs Spa
Program Management: Consulit Srl
Visual: Engram Studio


In the great tradition of the spaces of care in the Islamic culture, the physical and visual integration between green areas and areas associated with the stay of patients and visitors, is a founding principle not only for the aesthetic quality of the built space, promoting the humanization and environmental control, but is a key element of the therapeutic experience.For this reason, for every level of user, we chose to give adequate indoor and outdoor spaces, encouraging the direct relationship between the patient and the nature and facilitating opportunities for socialization and living together, within a structure of excellence, that will be perceived by users and visitors a wonderful public space. The building is built around a large courtyard garden, partly hanging and developed on several levels.

The geometry of this terraced open space, is strongly linked to the performance of the rugged landscape, becoming the artificial continuation.  Structurally, the building is characterized by a radial mesh designed to accommodate the best forms of hospital rooms and doctors’ offices. The high modularity of the structure and the possibility of changing different functions within the same mesh, in addition to the flexibility of the various planes of hospitalization in the design phase and development of the hospital, ensures to the building  ample margins of future transformability.

Client: Ministère de la Santé, de la population et de la réforme hospitalière Agence nationale de gestion des réalisations et d’équipement des etablissements de santé
General Contractor: Rizzani de Eccher SpA
Hospital Management: San Raffaele Hospital
Architectural design: Mario Cucinella Architects Srl
MC A Team: Mario Cucinella, Michele Olivieri, Angelo Agostini with Mirco Bianchini, Emanuele Dionigi, Rachid Hicheri, Pietro Marziali, Lapo Naldoni, Giulia Pentella, Luca Sandri. Models: Yuri Costantini, Letizia Lanzi
Health project: InAr – Ingegneria Architettura
Structure design: Enigma Engineering Srl
Design Facilities: Manens-Tifs Spa
Program Management: Consulit Srl
Visual: Engram Studio


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Come nella grande tradizione degli spazi di cura nella cultura islamica, l’integrazione fisica e visiva tra aree verdi e zone destinate alla permanenza di degenti e visitatori , costituisce un principio fondante non solo per la qualità estetica dello spazio costruito, favorendone l’umanizzazione ed il controllo ambientale, ma rappresenta un elemento chiave dell’esperienza terapeutica.

Per questo, per ogni livello di utenza, si è scelto di destinare spazi interni ed esterni adeguati, favorendo il rapporto diretto tra paziente e natura e facilitando le occasioni di socializzazione all’interno di quello che, al di là di una struttura di cura di eccellenza, dovrà essere percepito da utenti e visitatori come un grande spazio pubblico.

L’edificio si sviluppa attorno una grande corte giardino, in parte pensile, articolata su diversi livelli. La geometria a terrazze di questo spazio aperto, si lega fortemente all’andamento scosceso del paesaggio circostante, diventandone la prosecuzione artificiale. Strutturalmente l’edificio è caratterizzato da una maglia radiale studiata per ospitare al meglio i moduli di camere di degenza e studi medici. La forte modularità della struttura e la possibilità di alternare all’interno della stessa maglia funzioni diverse, oltre alla flessibilità dei vari piani di degenza in fase di progetto e sviluppo della struttura ospedaliera, garantisce all’edificio ampi margini di trasformabilità futura.

Cliente: Ministère de la Santé, de la population et de la réforme hospitalière – Agence nationale de gestion des réalisations et d’équipement des etablissements de santé
General Contractor: Rizzani de Eccher SpA
Hospital Management: Ospedale San Raffaele
MC A Team: Mario Cucinella, Michele Olivieri, Angelo Agostini con Mirco Bianchini, Emanuele Dionigi, Rachid Hicheri, Pietro Marziali, Lapo Naldoni, Giulia Pentella, Luca Sandri. Modelli: Yuri Costantini, Letizia Lanzi
Supervisore e Coordinatore del progetto architettonico: Mario Cucinella Architects
Progetto sanitario: InAr – Ingegneria Architettura
Progetto strutture: Enigma Engineering Srl
Progetto impianti: Manens-Tifs Spa
Program Management: Consulit Srl
Visual: Engram Studio

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2014
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Healthcare
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Architecture
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