National Cardiovascular Centre, Ulan Bator Hospital, Mongolian Architecture, Architect, Design
National Cardiovascular Centre in Ulan Bator
27 Feb 2020
National Cardiovascular Centre
Architects: IDOM
Location: Ulan Bator, Mongolia
The Luxembourgian cooperation agency LuxDev chose IDOM through a selection process based on merits and an ideas competition for the design of the new building that will house the National Cardiovascular Centre (NCC) in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.

LuxDev has been supporting the Mongolian health service for over 20 years in its fight against cardiovascular illnesses, which have great incidence in the population, making it one of the main public health issues in the country. The latest of these collaboration programmes deals with financing the design of the building where the National Reference Centre for Cardiovascular Illnesses will be located.
The new centre is integrated within the Shastin General Hospital, with which it shares general services and logistics. The main factors that conditioned the project were how the new building was to relate with the existing hospital and its surroundings, the foresight of future transformations or extensions, the shared circuits and services and the differentiation of access points and exterior circulation.

The main objectives of the Centre?s design have been functional clarity, the minimisation of itineraries, flexibility, the implementation of passive energy saving measures and the environmental and practical i...