The new 12-storey facility is an addition to the national hospital. A 5-storey operating block is recessed from and located above a podium that contains two floors of parking. Rooms for 380 patients are contained in two connected 5-storey blocks that are positioned above the medical areas, with an upper terrace between them. The structure is a concrete frame, with steel for the cantilevered portions of the two blocks of patients’ rooms. Importance was given to providing natural lighting for both the medical staff and patients, and to a variety of outdoor gathering and relaxation areas as well as interior and exterior playgrounds for children.

Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture