SILTASAIRAALA – Bridge Hospital

Inaugurated in January 2023, the Helsinki Trauma and Cancer Centre offers a new western façade to the Meilahti Campus. Located north of downtown Helsinki, it sits on the edge of Seurasaarenselkä Bay and faces the magnificent granite and seascape of the Gulf of Finland. Nicknamed Siltasairaala, this ’bridge hospital’ has created and continues to create a host of physical and symbolic links – between the city and the campus; services and their designated areas; care staff and patients; decision-makers, designers, builders and users; and between distinct architectural cultures, notably Finnish and French.