Ersta hospital, Stockholm

The hospital belongs to Ersta diakoni, and the oldest part of its operations started as early as 1864. Ersta hospital comprises several buildings and is located on Folkungagatan in Södermalm, Stockholm. The hospital area extends down to Folkungagatan in the south and up to Erstagatan in the east.

Ersta diakoni is a non-profit organisation that professionally operates healthcare, social work, education, and research without aiming for profit. The hospital offers specialised healthcare, as well as patient-oriented research and education for doctors, nurses, and other healthcare personnel.

The new part of the hospital opened in 2023 and faces Folkungagatan. The newly built area covers approximately 23,000 square meters. The hospital includes a pharmacy and café on the ground floor, an underground garage, a logistics centre in the basement, patient wards, a dining hall at the top, and several rooftop terraces.

The spaces are bright and modern, reflecting contemporary design with features such as benches made of recycled wood and art installations throughout the floors.

To optimise the internal logistics at the hospital, Ersta hospital chose Envac to install a pneumatic chute system for both waste and laundry. On each floor, there are 2+2 chutes that lead down to the basement, where the waste is sucked into a container, and the laundry is distributed into laundry carts.

On each floor, the chutes are complemented by environmental rooms where staff can leave other (smaller and sorted) waste fractions in bins or bags.

Architects for the building are: Tengbom, Emma Olbers Design, Nyréns arkitektkontor, RATIO.

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