Europe-wide competition: BG Hospital Hamburg

A hospital that balances urbanity and landscape! Our proposal for the new BG Kliniken in Hamburg-Boberg was awarded 2nd prize in the Europe-wide competition. From ten submissions, the jury selected three equal second prizes – with no first or third prize awarded. 

Our design translates scale into human proportion. Along Bergedorfer Straße, a carefully staggered sequence of volumes forms a new urban edge at a humane scale. Brick façades, greenery and shifting heights create identity and rhythm. Towards the park, warm timber and open façades dissolve into the landscape. 

The jury praised the clear urban strategy, the coherent separation of acute care and rehabilitation, and the well-daylit nursing areas with clearly separated circulation flows. A modular grid ensures long-term flexibility and adaptability. 

• “The spatial organisation internally as well as the immediate integration into the southern landscape demonstrate special spatial qualities that respond convincingly to the differing functional demands of hospital and rehabilitation.” (Excerpt from the jury report) 

Patient rooms consistently face east, south or west, opening views into greenery and strengthening the healing environment. Therapy spaces extend into the park, forming not a monolithic structure but a precise, warm ensemble – a small village in the landscape between city and nature.

The project was designed in collaboration between our offices in Hamburg and Lustenau.

Visualisation © Onirism studio

Hamburg, 16 February 2026