UPA Italia by Paolo Lettieri Architects

The 100 beds hospital is a private general hospital designed in order to home rehabilitation-allied health unit, in particular the KKT (Khan Kinetic Treatment), a non-invasive evidence-based medical treatment designed to easily and painlessly realign the spine and regenerate cellular tissue. The facility’s main goal is to provide with KKT medical treatment that is located inside the orthopedic allied health department and to be a general hospital with facilities like community health unit, imagining, rehabilitation etc.. to serve the area of Khalifa city.

The KKT unit has its own entrance, it is on 2 floors and it can work separately from the rest of the hospital. The facility guarantees a good aid for common disease with outpatient department and provides to solve emergency cases with emergency department, operation unit and ICU. The architectural design is based on a two levels podium with allocation of major treatment units, third floor for offices and vip wards. An additional service building is located on back of the site. HAAD (Health Autority Of Abu Dhabi) approved the medical project at the end of 2015; it is the first project that reach the new standards of HAAD guidelines published in 2014.

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Location: Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Plot area: 30,000 sqm

Built up area: 28,000 sqm

Estimation: 55 million €

UPA Role : Complete design, Tender