The University Hospital Tangier – designed by Hajji & Elouali and Architecturestudio – reinforces the structure of the city’s pre-existing Health Campus, with the purpose of creating a new working environment for the academics and enhancing patients treatment conditions.
Tangier’s new hospital campus is inspired by traditional Moroccan architecture
Hajji & Elouali and Architecturestudio designed the University Hospital Tangier, a big hospital campus built alongside the new Faculty of Medicine and the Oncology Center.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
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- Lucia Brandoli
- 13 January 2022
The project is inspired by the vernacular architecture of Moroccan villages in the hills and give great attention to the environmental dimension. Located in the middle of a big park, it blends into the Mediterranean landscape and hosts 800 beds. The facility is composed by three buildings resting on a common base – treated as a stone foundation – and a large awning extends the traditional mashrabiya gallery – a traditional system used to catch and passively cool the wind. The external façades feature perforated elements, dotted by the multi-coloured window frames of the rooms.
The base floor is dedicated to logistics and reception activities and emergencies. The first level accommodates the operating block and the technical support centre; the second level the laboratory and the administrative spaces; while the top floors are dedicated to three hospitalisation centres: General Medicine, Surgery and Mother and Child. The structural layout (7.50 m x 7.50 m) promotes modularity, scalability and flexibility and anticipates possible future expansion needs.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.
Image courtesy of Hajji & Elouali/Architecturestudio. Photohraphy of Antoine Duhamel.