Healing Architecture in Denmark

Texas A&M University 11. november 2016

Speaker: Henrik Bendix Olsen

Architect, Industriel Designer

Project Manager, Region Zealand,

Denmark

Current Hospital projects in Denmark

The ”kvalitetsfond”

constructions are partly

funded by the government

with 60% and regional

funded with 40%.

16 projects with a total

cost of 42 billion ddk

(2009).

Hospitals in Region Zealand”Kvalitetsfond” projects

Slagelse acute department

Hospital floor space: 11.000 m²

Beds: 85 total consisting of: 50 acute beds, 15

intensive beds and 20 cardiac monitoring beds.

Projekt sum: 315 million DDK ~ 47 million USD

Occupancy of the hospital – late 2013

Slagelse psychiatric hospital

Hospital floor space: 44.000 m²

Site size: 158.463 m²

Beds: 194 total consisting of: 114 general

psychiatric beds, 50 forensic psychiatric beds and

30 beds in a high secure ward.

Employees: approx. 650

Projekt sum: 1.2 billion DDK ~ 180 million USD

Occupancy of the hospital – late 2015

Koege University hospital

Hospital floor space: 189.000 m²

Site size: 275.000 m²

Beds: 900 total

Employees: approx. 4130

Projekt sum: 4,2 billion DDK ~ 625 million USD

Occupancy of the hospital – 2023

Slagelse Psychiatric Hospital”The House in the Park”

Advisors

Building owner:

Region Zealand

Internal advisors

Architect (Lead consultant):

Karlsson Architects / VLA i/s

Advisors (architect):

Schønherr

Moe

NNE Pharmaplan

Cenergia Energy Consultants

Bartenbach Light Design

Signal

Advisor (building owner):

Kuben Management A/S

Construction/site management:

Rambøll Denmark

Security:

Molter Consult

External controlling:

Arkitema Architects

History - process

Psychiatryplan

Initial competition

stage

Architect competition

Design stage – user/patient

involvmentBuilding stage

2008 2015

materials/colors, health envioment, innovation ---> Human/Healing architecture

Physical activity, integrated art, gradueded transition between privat/public areas……..

Healing architecture – Natural/artificial light, Nature, non visible securety…….

Interrelationship with somatic areas- campus

Recovery strategi

20132009 2010 2011

Site planGeneral psychiatry

General

psychiatry.

6 wards, 114

beds total.

1 closed and 5

open wards.

Possibility to

change all

wards from

open to closed.

Exercise rooms

Large internal

garden.

Multistimuli-

area.

High securety

area.

Site planReception and outpatient clinic

Emergency

reception and

outpatient

clinic.

Two floors with

future

possibility for a

third.

Main reception

and waiting

areas.

”Hotel”

facilities for

relatives.

Police access

and easy access

to the closed

ward.

Site planKnowledge center

Knowledge center.

Administration

building,

5. floors +

basement.

Ground floor –

auditorium,

canteen, cafe and

kitchen.

1.-3. floor –

administration

area and interview

rooms.

4. floor –

research and

library.

Basement –

changing rooms.

Site planForensic psyhiatry

Forensic

psyhiatry.

4 wards, 50 beds

total.

3 closed and 1

open ward.

Possibility to

change/move

locks, thereby

changing no. of

open/closed

wards.

Swimming- and

sports facilities.

Site planHigh secure ward

High secure

ward. The only

one in Denmark.

3 closed high

security wards,

30 beds total.

Special guard

and ”terminal” –

working together

with guard in

outpatient clinic.

Sports facilities

Education area

Court room

Basement –

changing rooms.

General psychiatry – patient area

Patient rooms

Patient rooms

Activity areaEating

area Staff area

Quiet garden area

Inner garden

Staff

area

Patient room

Special features:

Information / intertainment screen

Dynamik LED

Custom designed furniture

Natural ventilation – special window

Main entrance – office building

Reception area

Office building - atrium

Sports and exercise centre

Swimming facilities

Patient area

Patient room

Garden - patient area

Multistimuli-area, General psychiatric

HIS, General psychiatric

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Dynamic LED lightThe most advanced system in the world

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LED light:

Dynamic light with the ability to control each room(fixture) separatly.

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Dynamic LED light

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Building integrated art / colours

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Painter: Malene Landgreen

Author:Ursula Andkjær Olsen

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Psychiatric bed

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Billedkunstner: Malene Landgreen

Forfatter:Ursula Andkjær Olsen

LED-belysning indgår som en del af kunststrategien

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DGNB – pre-certification

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Final certification - gold

Awards ……..

Questions……

Foto: Karlsson Arkitekter / Jens Lindhe