Hospital Campus in Kocaeli

PROJECT: Kocaeli Integrated Hospital Campus

This campus, along with the one in Izmir Bayrakli, was part of a very ambitious plan undertaken by the Turkish Ministry of Health, which partially funded the construction of this hospital campus in Kocaeli through a public-private partnership (PPP). The scope of this PPP encompassed the construction of the hospital campus (with a 36-month execution period), its commissioning and management, as well as its maintenance for a 25-year concession period.

The joint venture between the Turkish companies TÜRKELER Inc. won the private sector tender and was responsible for the engineering, procurement, and construction of the campus facilities, as well as their maintenance. Árgola Arquitectos was contracted by this joint venture, along with Euroestudios and Ámbito Arquitectura, to carry out the preliminary design.

The campus has a total built area of ​​368,600 m² and serves the hospital needs of the region's cities, with Kocaeli (population 1.5 million) being the largest. The campus provides healthcare services to an estimated 2.5 million citizens.

It has a capacity of 1,220 beds and is made up of three main buildings:

• Main Hospital: 494-bed General Hospital, 124-bed Cardiovascular Diseases Hospital, 116-bed Oncology Hospital, 246-bed Children's and Obstetrics Hospital.
• Forensic Medicine Hospital: 100-bed high-security forensic psychiatry hospital (located in a separate building).
• Rehabilitation Hospital: 100-bed Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy Hospital (located in a separate building).