If I were an architecture firm (yes, a whole firm) and had the opportunity to build a new building for cancer patients, I too would like to ‘crown’ each survivor as the Nord Architecture Healthcare Center seems to do.
Having won the competition with this design, the Nord Architecture Healthcare Center will be created in collaboration with Hellerup Byg, Bravida Danmark,
Wessberg Ingeniører and Metopos Landscape. Featuring small individual houses, connected by the crowning roof structure, it will house an inner courtyard, several terraces and themed gardens. Take a look at the gallery for images, courtesy of DesignBoom.com and visit their website for more photos.
Crowning Architecture
Nord Architecture Healthcare Center Design Wins Competition
Trend Themes
1. Healing Architecture - The Nord Architecture Healthcare Center features a 'crowning' roof structure and individual houses, providing a new trend in healthcare architecture that promotes healing through design.
2. Collaborative Design - The collaboration between Nord Architecture and Hellerup Byg, Bravida Danmark, Wessberg Ingeniører and Metopos Landscape proves that the trend for co-creation in architecture is on the rise, creating new opportunities for firms to work together and share resources.
3. Therapeutic Gardens - The themed gardens and inner courtyard of the Nord Architecture Healthcare Center promote a trend towards incorporating therapeutic gardens, a space where nature and architecture can coexist, providing new opportunities for designing health facilities with a focus on healing.
Industry Implications
1. Architecture - The Nord Architecture Healthcare Center showcases the potential for innovative healthcare design across the architecture industry, creating new opportunities for designing buildings that prioritize patient outcomes and healing.
2. Healthcare - The Nord Architecture Healthcare Center provides a new trend in healthcare, highlighting the importance of design for patient wellbeing, creating opportunities for healthcare providers to create more patient-centered facilities.
3. Construction - The collaboration between Nord Architecture and companies such as Hellerup Byg, Bravida Danmark, Wessberg Ingeniører and Metopos Landscape promotes a trend for more collaborative construction across the industry, creating new opportunities for firms to work together and share resources.