Shigeru Ban designs timber surgical centre for Ukraine’s war-wounded
Japanese studio Shigeru Ban Architects and local studio AMBK have designed a cross-laminated timber expansion for Ukraine‘s largest hospital, which is located in Lviv.
Designed to increase hospital capacity in the country, the surgical centre was announced by the mayor of Lviv at the end of June at the Lviv Urban Forum.
Construction of the extension will begin early next year.
“Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, the country’s largest hospital based in Lviv is reaching capacity and in urgent need of expansion,” said the studio.
“Shigeru Ban Architects in collaboration with local architects AMBK, will deliver a new surgical centre for the existing emergency hospital to be able to treat more patients.”