New construction and conversion of Crailsheim clinic

The original building structure of the Crailsheim Clinic no longer met the requirements of a future-oriented hospital. Based on a feasibility study, the new construction and conversion of the hospital was planned from the beginning of 2011. The first construction phase comprises a new square building that directly adjoins the existing structures. This compact building contains the majority of the nursing beds, the operating theater area, intensive care and functional areas such as the emergency room, outpatient clinics, radiology, laboratory and the canteen kitchen in the basement.

The load-bearing structure was planned as a reinforced concrete skeleton structure consisting of point-supported flat slabs and bracing cores. By minimizing the load-bearing structure, it is possible to use the building flexibly and over the long term - as a constantly evolving clinic building. The foundation was laid on an elastically bedded floor slab and, like the basement, was implemented as a water-impermeable reinforced concrete structure. To ensure that the building fits perfectly into the terrain, an angled retaining wall develops from the floor slab, which bridges the height difference from the basement to the terrain. The hospital access road adjacent to the building was constructed as a prefabricated reinforced concrete structure following the construction of the main building.