Le Corbusier | Venice Hospital: A Low-Slung, Sprawling Horizontal City

Le Corbusier | Venice Hospital: A Low, Sprawling Horizontal City
The hospital is not a high-rise tower, but a horizontal, sprawling structure at the same height as the urban fabric of Venice: composed of repeating square units, with courtyards and street-like passages between them, the whole resembling a mat that can extend infinitely. Patient rooms are arranged around small courtyards, each bed having its own natural light. The circulation system mimics the city's alleys, making people feel like they are "walking on the street" rather than "walking in a corridor." The mass hugs the water, not rising above the surrounding rooftops. This unrealized project defined all subsequent thinking about "the hospital as a city, not a building." Aerial top-down view, clearly showing the repetition of units, the courtyards, and the relationship with the water. Avoid: making it a high-rise tower, non-repeating units, removing courtyards, the mass rising above the surrounding city.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

醫院不做成高塔,而是一片與威尼斯城市肌理同高的水平蔓延結構:由重複的方形單元組成,單元之間留出天井與街道般的通道,整體像一塊可以無限延伸的墊子。病房單元圍繞著小天井,每一床都有自己的採光。動線系統模仿城市的巷弄,人在其中是「走在街上」而不是「走在走廊上」。量體貼著水面,不高過周圍的屋頂。這個未實現的方案定義了往後所有「醫院作為都市而非建築」的思考。空拍俯視,單元的重複、天井與水面的關係清楚。避免:做成高塔、單元不重複、拿掉天井、量體高過周圍城市。