The project "Merkurhof" is a multi purpose building situated in an area of Rapperswil, which will develop intensively over the coming decades.
Besides 35 appartments for rent, the building houses the Rosenklinik, which is specialized on orthopedical surgery. The privately run hospital offers 18 beds for patients, an operating room for two simultaneuos surgical operations, physical therapy, surgery rooms, radiology and administrative offices plus a public cafeteria for visitors and patients. Completing the range of medical services, several surgeries are also situated in the building in symbiotical manner.
The concept of material is based on natural and warm colors and materials, floors are made of rubber granulate and change with wooden cladded walls and doors. The atmosphere should be familiar and welcoming for the patient, not the typical health system touch with aseptic and sterile optics.