Last week, we reported about this architecture project being awarded Best International Design by the UK Building Better Healthcare Awards. Here are some more details given to us by C.F. Møller Architects.

The new university hospital is not a traditional institutional construction; it is a friendly, informal place with open, well-structured surroundings which present a welcoming aspect to patients and their families.
Akershus University Hospital has been designed to emphasise security and clarity in experientially rich surroundings, where everyday functions and well-known materials are integrated into the hospital’s architecture.

The North Portland Clinic embraces its urban context, reaching out to underserved populations within its diverse neighborhood. Through massing, transparency and integrated artwork, the clinic visually engages local residents and enhances community identity. It has been a catalyst for revitalization along a public transportation corridor that has recently bisected the neighborhood.

Located on the mass-transit MAX line in Portland’s urban core, the building engages the busy streetscape to reinforce visual connection and invite the community inside. An upturned butterfly roof creates the frame for an expansive wall of windows. The interior is divided into three day-lit clinical pods faced with integrated murals that can be viewed by patients and families within the clinic, as well as those passing by. Created by a local artist, these prominent murals tell the story of this community and its residents, expressing a commitment to the neighborhood and its vibrant history.

The project is a 5.000 square meters (54,000 sq ft) medical facility that houses multiple functions related to the latest scientific and medical advances in eye transplant and research: a surgical facility, stem cell research laboratories, eye treatment center, administrative offices as well as the EIDON Foundation educational facility, which includes a 450-seat auditorium.

The building is highly visible from the roadway and traffic roundabout. The site is a flat, triangular-shaped 2.8 hectare site located near the entrance to a new regional hospital, also designed by Ambasz, a local railroad, and major roadway.

The triangular-shaped building is defined by two 12 meter high walls, shaped as trapezoidal figure, clad in pre-stained (prepatinato) copper set at right angles to each other. The two extreme points of the orthogonal walls seem about to touch each other.

 

The project is located in Split , the second-largest urban centre in Croatia. Close surrounding and historical site of Firule area, the site's location is within Split’s most enjoyable  living, working and recreational environments.


Placed near an existing hospital complex on Firule, and close to the sea and fresh air gives it even more importance and value.

This is a treatment center for the mentally challenged children, that offers a place where they would live together and start regaining their mental health. Like a small village aiming that offers a rich variety of activities within an intimate context.

Photographs courtesy of Sou Fujomoto and Daici Ana.

Rafael Viñoly Architects PC's design for the New Hospital Pavilion at the University of Chicago Medical Center has been approved by the school's Board of Trustees and its Medical Center Board of Directors.

The project was originally awarded to the firm when the university responded to its suggestion that revised siting incorporating a new building would better position the medical center for future growth, bearing in mind its master plan.