12 medical institutes under one roof. 20 Operation Theaters, 300 Critical Care beds, 1200 total beds. State of the art healthcare.

A healthcare building that brings 12 medical insitutes under one roof. The design places the patient at the center, planning medical flows that bring integrated healthcare to the patient bed side. The careful organization of spaces for doctors, nurses and patients, provides environments for safe and optimised care. The building envelope is designed to give every patient a connection with sunlight – improving recovery. Regional inspiration from the gomti river and historical architecture provide the basis of bringing the spirit into the medical spaces.

“The first time I visited the apartment, I ended up spending an hour or two walking around the place. Just when the sun set, this incredible rosy light invaded the space, casting everything it touched in a pink haloed glow,” says Singh. “And yet, this beautiful light had nowhere to go; it was contained by the walls of the two rooms on either side of the living space, shrouding the rest of the apartment, which was a shame. I knew, then, that the first step of my design process.

On a closer look, geometry—especially the circle—is revealed as a recurring theme. “The [circle] returns throughout the apartment, in perimeters and in details,” says Singh. “Having completely revised the layout, I asked myself: how do I create the sensation of ‘feeling at home’? To translate the notions of warmth and security, I used the shape of a circle, which collects within itself but does not close, does not isolate.” The circles, peppered across the apartment, are not always obvious; they hide, and linger, until they suddenly erupt into view. And yet, the circle is ubiquitous: in the library, it pops up in the sculptural lamp by Michael Anastassiades for Flos; hides in plain sight in the backrest of the living room’s ‘Pipe’ armchairs by Moroso; and reappears in the delicate crown moulding across the apartment. It is both realized and implied; the Marmara marble flooring in the master bathroom traces an unmissable arc, while the black and white dome on the cc-tapis rug finds its other half only when the custom-designed semicircle table by Singh is placed next to it, adjusted to the perfect angle.

In this evolving canvas—that shifts and morphs along with the lives that it contains within the walls—the only constant is the streaking light that filters through the veranda. Here, the rose-tinted light is the conductor; the rest, mere musicians, dancing to its tune.

Design that brings efficiency to scale, and empathy to care.

Medanta Hospital, Lucknow

Medanta Group

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

2021

Built Up : 1.5 million sq ft | Site : 12.58 Acres | 5,47,988 sq ft

AT A GLANCE

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medical institutes under one roof. 20 Operation Theaters, 300 Critical Care beds, 1200 total beds. State of the art healthcare.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Public spaces are contextual rooted in the gemoteries inspired by the flow of life of the Gomti river.

Medanta Hospital, Lucknow stands as a 1,000-bed super-specialty campus shaped by the dual imperatives of medical precision and human dignity. The hospital brings together twelve institutes of excellence within a 1.5-million-sq.ft. framework. Its scale is vast, yet its architectural language remains measured, choreographing high-acuity clinical flows while preserving orientation, calm, and a sense of humane encounter.

Supporting 300 intensive-care beds and 24 advanced operating theatres, the campus operates through a system designed for seamless coordination across disciplines. High-acuity zones, diagnostic suites, emergency pathways, and patient areas function as interdependent components, allowing the hospital to act as a unified organism. Each ICU bed receives abundant natural light through large viewing windows, helping stabilise circadian rhythms, reduce disorientation, and provide crucial visual reference within a building of this scale. Clarity and repeatability in the planning enable medical teams to move quickly and safely while reducing cognitive load in fast-paced clinical settings.

The exterior façade draws from geometries found in Awadhi architecture and the fluid, branching rhythms of the Gomti River, abstracting these references into a contemporary shading and massing system. Rather than applying motif-based ornament, the design interprets Lucknow’s architectural lineage through proportion, pattern, and depth. Craft-based detailing appears inside—where patterns, textures, and reliefs derived from Awadhi traditions enrich key public interiors—creating familiarity and grounding the hospital within its cultural context. These elements ensure the campus feels civic and rooted rather than anonymous.