The Lighthouse Hospital is a new hospital built in connection with the Turku University Hospital, located on the Helsinki highway and railway line. The design was made in collaboration with Architect Group Reino Koivula, Inc.
The Lighthouse Hospital (T3) is a new hospital built in connection with the Turku University Central Hospital (Tyks). The hospital covers paediatric and adolescent medicine, gynaecology and obstetrics, ear, nose and throat diseases, and oral and maxillofacial diseases, as well as some of the medical imaging functions. The Lighthouse Hospital serves more than 100,000 clients a year and employs around 1 200 people.
What makes the eight-storey building unique is its location on the Helsinki highway and railway line. The project budget of MEUR 189 covered the construction of a new women’s and children’s hospital with outpatient clinics.
One of the key principles of the design was to improve interdisciplinary collaboration and make the hospital more efficient. The Lighthouse Hospital combines the Turku University Hospital (T1-3) into a single entity. This facilitates collaboration between services, enabling safer and higher quality care for patients. It is also more patient-friendly when related services are provided in one place.
At the Lighthouse Hospital, the aim is for families to be together throughout their stay. This has been taken into account, for example, in the design of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) rooms; in addition to meeting the needs of the premature baby, the rooms support the mother’s care and recovery after delivery.
Special attention has been paid to the way the patient experiences the hospital facilities. Each floor has its own colour scheme and each ward has its own animal theme. The visual identity of the hospital is based on the nature of the archipelago and the story of a lighthouse island.
The façade’s light-coloured, perforated aluminium panels have a floral pattern, and colourful elements depict summery beach towels. The plant room on the roof is surrounded by glass planks and, when illuminated, it greets passers-by like a lighthouse.
