Command Hospital (Northern Command) at Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, is an 850-bed tertiary-care Hospital set within a 60-acre Campus, designed for the Military Engineer Services. Around the main Hospital are the residences, messes, welfare buildings and services that a Hospital of this size needs. The Campus was completed in May 2025 and comprises 32 building components, with a combined built-up area of about 87,501 square metres.
Arrival and identity
The Architecture aims for permanence, dignity and clarity. A ceremonial entrance portico marks the point of arrival, and a central glazed dome rises over the heart of the Hospital, so that visitors can recognise the centre of the building at a glance. Deep-set openings, restrained glazing and robust exterior finishes give it a composed character and respond to Udhampur’s climate.
Inside the main Hospital
The main Hospital has a basement, a ground floor and four upper floors. It holds specialised clinical departments, major and minor operating theatres, diagnostic services, a central sterile services department and a medical laundry. A Hospital like this runs day and night. The plan sets out clear hierarchies of movement, with legible routes for patients, medical staff, visitors, emergency services and supplies.
A Campus community
Beyond the Hospital, the Master Plan includes officers’ and JCO messes, residential accommodation, guest suites, welfare amenities, a family welfare centre, workshops and service buildings. These are planned as one connected institutional community within landscaped grounds, rather than as a collection of isolated blocks.
ARCH-EN DESIGN was the Architectural and Engineering consultant, from the Campus Master Plan and building design through to landscape and site supervision.
The result is measured and orderly: a setting meant to offer reassurance to the people who arrive there in need of care.
The project
850-Bed Command Hospital
Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir
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