Health Center Design | Roombeek | Enschede | Netherlands | Claus en Kaan Architecten

By order of Domijn Woningcorporatie, Claus en Kaan Architecten has made a design for a health centre in the area of Roombeek in the city of Enschede in the Netherlands. The building, which apart from a health centre also comprises parking space, apartments, single family homes and a home for the disabled, occupies a remarkable position within the master plan of ArchitectenCie. A building of 10 floors arises on the crossing of Roomweg and de Bleken. The pharmacy as the most public function is prominently present. By gradually decreasing the volume of the building with spacious terrace apartments and splitting up the program in various building parts around an inner garden, the building concurrently makes a connection with the adjacent small scale buildings.

Hospital Design | MO Public Hospitals of Marseille | Marseille | France | SCAU

Along a grand boulevard de Marseille, the new psychiatric hospital design has multiple medical issues in terms of architectural and urban integration. The simplicity of the plan, the scale of the facade and its treatment provide a single response or protection, visual and solar power, continuity and fragmentation, are combined is evidence...........more

Healthcare Building | The Waldron | London | Henley Halebrown Rorrison Architects

The Centre was awarded Building Better Healthcare (CABE) Best Primary Care Design 2008 and was runner-up in the 2009 LIFT Awards. It achieved a NEAT ‘Excellent’ environmental rating.

The Waldron is located in the South London Borough of Lewisham next to a suburban train station. The Centre was commissioned by the NHS using private finance (LIFT). The Waldron comprises healthcare (four GP practices, ante/post-natal care, community dentistry, sexual health and a flexible suite), fourteen apartments and four retail units. The health centre and three retail units were completed in Phases I & II. Phase III (the apartments and other retail units) remains incomplete because of the commercial climate.....more

Hospital Design | Landscape Hospital | International Hospital Design Competition | OfficeJarrik Ouburg

In order to break with the classical view of a hospital as a big anonymous building, there is a tendency at the moment to strip the hospital it to its ‘cure’ functions and decentralize ‘care’ programme like treatment centers. With an aging population and people having multiple diseases, a dispersed hospital may have a negative impact on the accessibility and functionality of a hospital. This proposal is an alternative for the hospital centralizing all ‘cure’ and ‘care’ in one building, stating that the size of a hospital is not the issue, it’s the way people experience the hospital.

The quality of the location, it’s size and surrounding greenery, led to the development of a new hospital typology. A terraced building whereby every patient will have his or her own front door connected to the landscape. A classical hospital experience with its labyrinth of endless corridors will be replaced by a stroll over a landscape leading directly to your relatives’ room.

The image of the hospital as a public building is enhanced by adding health related programme like a swimming pool, gym and contemplation space......more

Frank Gehry | Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

The spacious Activities Center underneath the apparently collapsing dome has gained the main architectural attention, and it is indeed full of surprises. For one thing, it has unexpectedly sensitive acoustics for a space 75 feet high, which is the result of the Swiss-made acoustical coating called BASWAPhon. Because of the room’s wraparound design, the walls, by and large, are in easy reach of human hands and leaning shoulders—and I’m told that this could be a problem. It turns out that the surface is sensitive to touch and requires re-patching for acoustical integrity. Although a wooden floor margin and baseboard have been installed around the room’s circumference to discourage touching, whether this will suffice is questionable. The Center’s staff report no problems so far.......more at metropolis

Kolding Hospital, Jutland, Denmark | Schmidt Hammer Lassen

schmidt hammer lassen architects has won the competition to design the new masterplan and extension of Kolding Hospital in Denmark. The 32,000 m² extension with a bed ward, an emergency ward and a new main entrance has been designed together with NIRAS, CREO, Balslev and GBL.

“The ambition is to create a complete hospital masterplan with a brand new identity,” said Kim Holst Jensen, Partner at schmidt hammer lassen architects.

Based on a careful analysis of the surrounding landscape, the existing buildings and the infrastructural conditions, the new design relocates the main entrance to the west of the existing hospital. By relocating the main entrance the hospital gets a whole new identity, and the main entrance becomes visible and clear to patients and relatives. At the same time the internal flow of the hospital is maintained and reinforced, while the entire hospital will be perceived as a complete structure where buildings and the nearby surroundings complement each other.

“The masterplan emphasises the potential of the landscape of Kolding River Valley by continuing the orthogonal building structure while allowing the nature and greenery to penetrate the buildings,” explained Kasper Frandsen, Associate Partner at schmidt hammer lassen architects. “By situating the new bed ward on top of the existing building, we take full advantage of the beautiful view of the surrounding forest, and we outline the future developments of the hospital.”

At schmidt hammer lassen architects architecture is first and foremost designed for humans. By focusing on sensuality and presence, and with respect for the systems and the structures every hospital consists of, the ambition is to create architectural solutions that meet the needs of patients, relatives and staff while maintaining focus on human beings

“Our architectural practice is new to the hospital sector, which may prove to be an advantage”, said Partner Kim Holst Jensen. He continues: “We have entered this new field of practice with a great deal of respect and curiosity. In a winning collaboration with the rest of the team, this proposal shows that our architectural ambitions and our holistic approach also have an eligibility in relation to hospitals.”

Though Kolding Hospital is the first hospital project for schmidt hammer lassen architects the practice is pursuing other possibilities in the field. Currently, the practice is finishing another hospital competition with a proposal for the new Herlev Hospital.

The extension of Kolding Hospital has a construction sum of approx € 77 million and is expected to be completed in 2014....via

Akershus University Hospital | Oslo | C. F. Møller

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Client:Helse Sør-Øst RHF

Engineering:Multiconsult AS,SWECO AS,Hjellnes COWI InterconsultASA

Architect:Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller

Landscape:Bjørbekk & Lindheim AS,Schønherr Landskab A/S

Artist:Troels Wörsel, Gunilla Klingberg, Mari Slaattelid, Knut Henrik Henriksen, Jan Christensen, Tony Cragg, Birgir Andrésson, Petteri Nisunen, Tommi Grönlund, Julie Nord, Per Sundberg, Vesa Honkonen, Janna Thöle-Juul, Kristine Halmrast, Mikkel Rasmussen Hofplass

Address:LAkershus, Oslo

Size:137000 m2 (118000 m2 new building)

Year:2004-2008 (2011)

Competition year:2000

Prizes:2000 1st prize in international competition

The new university hospital is not a traditional institution building; it is a friendly, informal place with open and comprehensible surroundings oriented towards the patients and their relatives.
The hospital's various departments all differ in their dimensions, form and expression. The wards have one kind of architectural expression, while the treatment departments have another, and the children's clinic has an expression all its own. This helps to create a varied visual experience, while at the same time making it easy to find your way around.
The design of the complex reveals the influence of the high priority given to daylight for all workplaces, views of the surrounding landscape, and contact with the outside environment. A glass-covered main thoroughfare, in which wood is the dominating material, links the various buildings and functions. This glass street forms the hospital's main arterial route, and is structured as a series of open spaces of differing character, offering various functions such as kiosk, pharmacy, hairdresser, church and café.
The short distances between the functions, the clear organisation and the modern technology give the staff more time for their patients.

Source:C. F. Møller

National Diabetes Centre Riyadh | C. F. Møller

The layout contains three wings (bed wards, treatments and laboratories) around an inner oasis in the form of a 3 storey tall, shaded atrium under a large floating roof slab filtering the intense sunlight. The buildings design is aimed at an optimal use of natural light, and screening from the heat. The atrium houses the reception, a restaurant and other common functions. The three wing layout gives a clear, straightforward organisation, and effective logistic routes.
Source:CF Moller

Queen Hospital Emergency Station | Dean Wolf

Images from:Dean Wolf

The Riverview Health Centre,Winnipeg | 5468796 Architecture

The Riverview Health Centre serves individuals with rehabilitation and long term care needs, and strives to create a healing environment that feels more like a home than a hospital. The Riverview Health Centre Foundation supports RHC’s initiatives through various philanthropic endeavours, including a fundraising dinner called ‘The Event.’ First held in 2008, the Event calls upon local designers to create original, dining-themed settings that are then judged and awarded prizes at the end of the evening.

Square Meal is an interactive dining space, in contrast to the more formal and rigid table settings that are becoming a thing of the past in many households. The design uses 96 sheets of 1/2” mdf, spaced 2” apart, to create an 8’x8’ cube. The cube is then carved into and out of to create different eating nooks, allowing occupants to eat however they choose, whether it’s lying down, standing up or somewhere in between.
Texts and images from: 5468796 Architecture

HOSPITAL OF LEÓN, NICARAGUA-TAM Associati Architettura

Coimbra Blood Bank,Covões, Coimbra,Portugal-ARX

Owner
Instituto Português do Sangue

Location
Covões, Coimbra

Competition
2001 - 1st award

Project
2002 - 03

Construction
2008 - 09 (preview)

Architecture
ARX Portugal, Arquitectos Lda.
José Mateus
Nuno Mateus
Area
4100 m2