Matthias Szauer / Gottfried Fickl: Hospital Oberwart, 1971D–1988
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After a competition in 1971/72 the hospital was built in several phases with the nurses flats (images 2–5) completed in 1976, the main structures in 1982 and the final stages in the late 1980s. (Special thanks to Johann Gallis)
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Scheduled for demolition. The demolition plans were preceded by a review process by the Federal Monuments Office, which lasted more than three years. In 2022/23, they classified the building as not worthy of protection as a listed monument.
The clinic has already been relocated from the brutalist hospital to a new building at a different location. Demolition work is scheduled to begin in 2025 at the earliest. The aim is to dismantle the building as sustainably as possible, recycling building materials and reusing medical equipment and furniture. A Maggie's Center, an outpatient clinic, a company kindergarten and a university site are to be built on the site of the old hospital (last updated on October 31, 2024).