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HSM-7
DESCRIPTION
The objective of the contract in question is environmental sustainability and energy efficiency of the
pavilion 7 of the San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, n° 10, Genoa (GE).
At the same time, the valorisation of the historical character of one of the numerous pavilions is being developed
of the San Martino hospital complex. The restoration interventions of the deterioration on the façade allow for
restore the right decorum to the pavilion, pertinent to the representation of a public building with character
health care.
The efficiency measures implemented through the replacement of windows and doors and the insulation of the
coverage allow to improve the working conditions of the operators while respecting the historical character
of the pavilion. The windows and doors are proposed similar to the existing ones, both in profile and in material while the
roof insulation, thanks to the pre-existence of a masonry parapet, will have little visual impact.
The San Martino Polyclinic Hospital is among the largest hospital companies in Italy and the largest in
Liguria has 12 km of internal avenues and an area of approximately 35 hectares, which welcomes more than 9,000 people daily. Every year approximately 3,000,000 outpatient services are provided, 77,000 hospitalizations and the Emergency Department receives an average of 80,000 patients per year. Including the university clinics, around 40 buildings are now present and used in the hospital complex area.
Regarding the various phases of expansion that the complex underwent, projects are still underway today
investments for the construction of the new DEA between Monoblocco and the current emergency room.
Among the various construction phases that the hospital underwent, Pavilion 7, in question, belongs to the second lot
of construction, i.e. the one started in 1912. The second lot included sixteen buildings, three pavilions of
medicine women, five for surgery, an operating pavilion, two for reception, the building for
the Administration, a building for the boiler room, one for the kitchen, one for the laundry and one for
disinfection systems. Work began on 4 June 1912 and continued until the end of 1919.
The design of the complex is inspired by the principles of healthcare construction that spread in Europe in the second half of the 19th century
Nineteenth century. In this type of healthcare building the planivolumetric articulation responds to the health and hygiene requirements of the spaces for hospitalization and treatment of the sick; consequently, in the available areas, the construction of various buildings (pavilions) was born, with large green spaces and a large concentration of general services. Great attention is therefore paid to satisfying the requirements relating to environmental comfort, with reference to ventilation and natural lighting, as well as the orientation of the buildings. All these design measures allowed, if necessary, the compartmentalization of the clinics to limit the spread of highly contagious diseases in the event of need.
The various pavilions of the San Martino Hospital are in fact characterized according to their destination, they are
separated and placed perpendicular to the tree-lined avenues that run through the large park. On the edge of the area
of the hospitalizations and the operating block there were the service pavilions, the church and, finally, the
entrance that housed the administration.
The hospitalization pavilions, abutting perpendicular to the avenues, are all similar. The rectangular plan of the building is characterized by a linear development: the central body extends into two lateral arms and a T.
The planimetric composition of the structure recalls a very dilated H shape, with a body
central distribution hall and the dormitories located on the sides.
Pavilion 7 currently maintains an outpatient function: it provides diagnosis and treatment services on a regular basis
recovery. Each floor hosts two different functions, one for each wing, and they are the following: diabetes clinic,
management control, dietetics and clinical nutrition, occupational medicine, pain therapy.