Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Emergency Medical Building / MENG Achitects

Qilu Hospital of Shandong University is a comprehensive Grade A tertiary hospital under the supervision (administration) of the National Health Commission (NHC), and the leading party and main employer of the first national medical centers jointly established by the NHC and the provincial government. Founded in 1890, the hospital is located in the Lixia historical conservation area of Jinan City. As an affiliated hospital and teaching hospital of Shandong University, it had long been bothered by the original planning layout that could no longer meet the current needs of medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, etc. In this context, the design of the Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Emergency Medical Building (the Project) was kicked off in 2020. The project is an 800-bed medical complex for medicine, teaching, and research, including functions of emergency medicine, diagnosis and treatment in internal medicine, imaging center, scientific research and teaching, medical laboratory, etc. The buildings are in a twin-tower layout, with the north tower for administration and scientific research, the south tower for medical treatment, the podiums for demonstrative teaching, canteen, emergency medicine, imaging, intensive care unit (ICU), operating room, etc., and the basement for garage and MEP rooms. Upon completion, the project is expected to further promote the integrated development of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University in medicine, teaching, and research, and set an example for building the national medical center. Due to a tight site area and complex terrain, the project has a high FAR and high density, which, coupled with the hospital renovation and expansion, caused many complications and conflicts. Therefore, how reconnecting the large hospital with the urban fabrics through design, creating a friendly and harmonious urban interface, and implanting the giant medical complex into urban public life, became a major difficulty and challenge in design. In this regard, the design team decided to always keep in mind the design goal, i.e. to create an open, efficient, and humanistic hospital in symbiosis with the city.