Award / Auszeichnung | 07/2014
WAN AWARDS 14 Healthcare
Odense University Hospital & Faculty of Health Sciences
Winner Future Projects
Erläuterungstext
The challenge of designing the new Odense University Hospital (OUH) was to translate the volume of the buildings to human scale, to relate to the context of the landscape, and to keep people as individuals in the centre of the buildings containing health care, research, education, and development.
The Aurora OUH embodies an innovative building of high architectural quality, designed to meet the requirements and challenges of tomorrow. The hospital finds renewal in the transition between old and new – and the conversion from tradition to modernity. The human scale supports the conception of the hospital as ”the good host” and a place where patients and visitors can easily orient themselves and feel at home.
Since the location of OUH is on a field surrounded by nature it has been of great importance to create a feel of a village within the building. This adds to the sense of homeliness instead of feeling institutionalised both for employees, patients, relatives and students.
When approaching OUH, you are met by an inviting and recognisable urban scale, where the complex is divided into varied units with each their clear entrance and reception area.
The landscape surrounding the new OUH supports and clarifies the existing values and is based on the current plan for the area. The purpose is to add to the value of the nature and experiences by including the new OUH as a part of the landscape. The individual is in focus in the circular city structure whose ground plan meets the requirements for a highly efficient, flexible and future-proof hospital and at the same time meets the employees, patients and other users where they are and with a high degree of respect.
OUH is based on a triple bottom line for sustainability; it is an ideal project for social, economic, and environmental sustainability.
The project was a finalist in an international competition in 2011 and will not be constructed.
The proposal was developed by a consortium comprising Henning Larsen Architects, Friis & Moltke, TKT, Cowi and Rambøll Denmark. Sub-consultants were landscape architects SLA and NNE Pharmaplan.
More information:
http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1093-odense-university-hospital.aspx
http://vimeo.com/25704739
http://issuu.com/henninglarsenarchitects/docs/new_ouh_sund
The Aurora OUH embodies an innovative building of high architectural quality, designed to meet the requirements and challenges of tomorrow. The hospital finds renewal in the transition between old and new – and the conversion from tradition to modernity. The human scale supports the conception of the hospital as ”the good host” and a place where patients and visitors can easily orient themselves and feel at home.
Since the location of OUH is on a field surrounded by nature it has been of great importance to create a feel of a village within the building. This adds to the sense of homeliness instead of feeling institutionalised both for employees, patients, relatives and students.
When approaching OUH, you are met by an inviting and recognisable urban scale, where the complex is divided into varied units with each their clear entrance and reception area.
The landscape surrounding the new OUH supports and clarifies the existing values and is based on the current plan for the area. The purpose is to add to the value of the nature and experiences by including the new OUH as a part of the landscape. The individual is in focus in the circular city structure whose ground plan meets the requirements for a highly efficient, flexible and future-proof hospital and at the same time meets the employees, patients and other users where they are and with a high degree of respect.
OUH is based on a triple bottom line for sustainability; it is an ideal project for social, economic, and environmental sustainability.
The project was a finalist in an international competition in 2011 and will not be constructed.
The proposal was developed by a consortium comprising Henning Larsen Architects, Friis & Moltke, TKT, Cowi and Rambøll Denmark. Sub-consultants were landscape architects SLA and NNE Pharmaplan.
More information:
http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1093-odense-university-hospital.aspx
http://vimeo.com/25704739
http://issuu.com/henninglarsenarchitects/docs/new_ouh_sund
Beurteilung durch das Preisgericht
The WAN winner of the best Unbuilt healthcare project was awarded to Henning Larsen Architects for the Odense University Hospital & Faculty of Health Sciences in Odense, Denmark. The huge scale healthcare and research facility impressed the panel as somewhere they would really like to visit. The circular design embedded into the Danish countryside inspired our panellist Monaghan to comment that 'I have not seen anything like this, it’s a pretty grand vision for a hospital'. Lee was quick to back him up in saying: “It’s a cultural thing; they are much more community and lifestyle focused in the design." The scheme is orientated around a huge central green space, taking into consideration the local resources and focusing on recreational opportunities for users as well as neighbours. A fantastic vision of wh at a healthcare facility could be. Lee finished off the evaluation by stating that: “It’s welcoming and holistic in its approach. It’s encouraging too, as a hospital should be more than just a clinical space”.
©Henning Larsen Architects