Santa Chiara Hospital in Cisanello Pisa
CISANELLO (PI)
ITALY
In Pisa, Healthcare gains space
With fourteen operating theatres and numerous state-of-the-art departments,
the innovative Santa Chiara Hospital in Cisanello in Pisa is about to become one of the most advanced healthcare hubs in Europe.
The concept has been redesigned with the aim of prioritising and focusing on the patient, with a model that ensures maximum flexibility and integration of professionals, disciplines and beds. The contract calls for the completion of buildings for healthcare and educational use, followed by a nine-year period of management and maintenance of the new buildings and existing hospital structures.
POST-COVID HEALTHCARE
The new facilities are a response to the challenges presented by the pandemic, which required the creation of highly adaptable, isolated rooms and intensive care beds.
450,000
sqm total area
4,000
parking spaces
15,000
people expected per day
Technical Description
The project adopts a horizontal single-block hospital model, placing critical areas, operating theatres and intensive therapy units all on one floor. This ensures that patients receive a consistent and high level of care in buildings located next to each other. A walkway will connect the single-block section to a second newly constructed section that will house the wards and operating block. The project also includes the creation of large parking areas next to the new buildings. Throughout the various phases of construction, the e-chiaracresce.it website will showcase how the entire building site evolves, highlighting the constant movement of trucks and vehicles, the continuous work of the construction crew, and the numerous tall cranes symbolising change.
“My place is here on the site, where we are building a facility dedicated to caring for and respecting people.”
Lidia Lombardo
Project controller
The power station: the beating heart
“My place is here on the site, where we are building a facility dedicated to caring for and respecting people.”
The demolition of a building will pave the way for the creation of a “Historical Park” on the site of the old Cisanello sanatorium, while a “River Park” will be established in the floodplain area near the sports fields. The green and tree-lined areas will be extended to enhance the aesthetics and mitigate the impact of the hospital complex.
A new mobility
Timeline
June 2023
The Italian flag flies high
July 2021
Ready to go
April 2021
Signing time
December 2019
Laying the foundation stone
On 13 December 2019, the ceremony for laying the foundation stone of the new Santa Chiara Hospital in Cisanello was held in Pisa. A stone urn, containing a document signed by all those present, along with the historical document that marked the start of work on the old Santa Chiara Hospital, was placed inside. The various stages of construction are documented and shared through the “E Chiara Cresce” website.
