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Client: Regione Veneto
Date Completed: April 2008
Program: This 50,000-square-foot eye transplant facility is set on 6.9 acres adjacent to the Ambasz-designed Ospedale dell’Angelo (Nuovo Ospedale di Mestre), which sits on 20 acres and is also featured in this month’s BTS. Included are an eye transplant and research laboratory, surgical facilities, stem cell research laboratories, an eye treatment center, administrative offices, and an EIDON Foundation educational facility, which features a 450-seat auditorium. A parking garage below grade connects to the facility via an underground corridor.
Design concept and solution: The medical center is designed to fit within a triangular-shaped site. Two 40-foot high walls clad in pre-stained copper are set at right angles and frame the sides of a terraced trapezoidal building. Each floor features a landscaped terrace, which rise as a series of steps to a rooftop garden. A ground level courtyard with a two-story glass wall bisects the lobby and directs light to educational spaces located below ground.
Gross square footage:
50,000 sq. ft.
Site size:
6.9 acres
Total construction cost:
$36 million
Funding: Veneta Sanitaria Finanza di Progetto, S.P.A.
Architect:
Emilio Ambasz, Hon. FAIA
Emilio Ambasz & Associates, Inc.
200 W 90TH Street, Suite 11A
New York, NY 10024
T: 212 580 3263
F: 212 580 3218
www.ambasz.com
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