Clementine Hospital
  • Location
    Frankfurt am Main
  • Project
    Refurbishment and extension of the Clementine Children's Hospital and new building for the Social Paediatric Therapy Centre
  • Client
    Haus Giersch am Clementine Kinderhospital
    Grundstücksgesellschaft GbR (Bauabschnitt 1)
    Clementine Kinderhospital Dr. Christ’sche Stiftung (Bauabschnitt 2)
  • Architect of record
    Holger Meyer
  • Technical building equipment
    FRK INGENIEURGEMEINSCHAFT KLUCK & Partner, Frankfurt am Main
  • Structural engineering
    CSZ Ingenieurconsult, Darmstadt
  • Fire protection
    Dr. Sesselmann & Koll. BES AG, Darmstadt
  • Planning and construction period
    2003–2010
  • Service phases
    1–9 (incl. landscaping)
  • Gross floor area
    9,024 m²
  • Photos
    Simon Wegener
  • This project is from the joint period of meyerschmitzmorkramer.

Clementine Children’s Hospital is the only hospital in Frankfurt with eight specialized departments exclusively focused on treating children and adolescents. In 1845, the “Dr. Christ’sche Kinderhospital für arme Kinder” (Dr. Christ’s Children’s Hospital for Poor Children) was opened, and exactly one hundred years later, the foundation-operated facility moved into its current building in Frankfurt’s Ostend district. Alongside providing top-tier medical services and compassionate care, the hospital emphasizes a child-friendly environment, offering overnight accommodation and dining facilities for parents. In 2005, the foundation initiated a series of renovations and extensions to meet growing demand and accommodate the social pedagogy center of the Association for Work and Educational Assistance (VAE), which had previously operated elsewhere. We expanded vertically by adding floors to the historic buildings on Hölderlinstrasse and extended the structure with two wings spanning the entire block to Theobald-Christ-Strasse. At the heart of the complex is a garden courtyard, equipped with play structures and seating. The interior spaces feature bright, welcoming colors, with carefully selected materials fostering a soothing yet professional atmosphere for the outpatient and inpatient care of young patients.

Project team
  • Holger Meyer
  • Martin Schapfeld
  • Andrea Bär
  • Ulf Bormuth
  • Ilka Frömel
  • Antje Fuchs
  • Gabi Laufen-Jäger
  • Sibylle Lienhard
  • Arnold Luckhardt
  • Claudia Rüter
  • Manfred Stark