Oxford Method Research Programme

S. Maria della Pieta Hospital, Camerino

In accordance to the Marche Region Health program and its financing, the Local Health Authority and the Camerino Council and the Council Administration Board offered to INSO part of GE group, the realization on a "Turn-Key" bases of a new hospital in Camerino to serve a wide territory in the province of Macerata. The new hospital is located near the town in a very accessible area.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Total Area 43.930 m2
Hospital Surface 11.820 m2
Total Volume 49.644m3

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
The hospital includes the following wards and services:
General Medicine and General Surgery (72 beds), Specialized dept. and wards (32 beds), Day-Surgery (4 beds), I. C. U. and Sub-intensive (4 beds), U.T.I.C. (4 beds), Observation rooms (4 beds), Emergency, Imaging Dept., Operating Theatre, Delivery Room, Labs, Outpatients' Dept., General Services.

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FEATURES

The hospital has been designed according to the "Oxford Method" (of which INSO is a licencee) and will be realized using mostly industrialized components integrated with traditional construction methodologies and materials. The supporting vertical structures are made of steel sections and pre-cast or poured reinforced concrete. In particular steel structures are used for all areas apart from stairs, lifts and floors both in wards and technological buildings. The building has an "L" shape as to follow the land conformation, so that general excavations works and their cost will be reduced as well as environmental chan-gings. The building spreads along a main corridor, Diagnostic services are located only on two floors, on the front of the building, while wards are located just opposite, in the rear part, on three floors in order to reduce the use of lifts. The Technological plants and the general services are located on separate but connected block, where there are also the canteen, the changing rooms and others.