NORD Architects wins new healthcare center competition

Oct 2009

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Health , Copenhagen, Denmark, NORD Architects

NORD Architects/MIR

The young office NORD Architects has won the competition for a new healthcare center for cancer patients in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winning design is founded by principles of healing architecture and at the same time it suggests aesthetics which are in contrast with that of a conventional health institution.

The design is an elaboration on the recognizable contour and scale of a house. At the same time the design becomes an iconographic building, as the small individual houses are interconnected by a sculptural roof structure. The building is enriched by the close relation to the surrounding landscape consisting of an inner courtyard, several terraces and themed gardens.

The design will be realised in collaboration with Hellerup Byg, Bravida Danmark, Wessberg Ingeniører and Metopos Landscape. More images after the break.

: NORD Architects/MIR

: NORD Architects/MIR

: NORD Architects/MIR

23 comments »

archilocus says:

I like the sculptural feeling of the project, which is enhanced by the play between steel and wood. The renderings are wonderful and have a nice soft touch, though I would like to see how this will come to reality, with mullions mainly…
Congrats guys, like my ex-boss says, “this is a winning concept!”.

# October 13, 2009 at 11:50

HOON says:

LOOKS HOUSY…(HOUSE + -Y)
GOOD TO FELL AT HOME IN HOSPITAL. ^ ^;

# October 13, 2009 at 13:46

SOORRRY
NOT FELL BUT FEEL

# October 13, 2009 at 13:51

BROSALIN says:

REALLY COOL!

# October 13, 2009 at 14:54

TENO says:

Neat guys!

# October 14, 2009 at 04:55

theDude says:

Nice images, does feel like bunch of houses interconnected. I love the spaces, but would someone sick like it?
Will be interresting to see the final result, good luck ;-)

# October 14, 2009 at 05:09

Richie says:

It looks quite promising, I like the feel of an abstracted terrace of houses to break down the institutional-type scale of the building.

# October 14, 2009 at 12:27

Zé says:

Nice interpretation for a health building, looks promising.
I would like to see the inner courtyard relation with the spaces inside the building.

Inspiring!!

# October 14, 2009 at 16:58

C R U X F L U X says:

Very good!!!!

# October 15, 2009 at 17:04

bvel005 says:

Good feel to it. It’s fresh and modest!

# October 16, 2009 at 01:43

syd088 says:

What 3d modeling software does everyone think they use? 3D Max? VRay?

# October 18, 2009 at 13:02

Vray is a rendering engine and can be used inside 3ds max… There is quite a lot of photorealistic render engines now so hard to way for sure, could be vray, mental ray, maxwell even or any other less known engine, but what I can tell is that it is not only about rendering, its also about compositing 3d and real environment.

# October 18, 2009 at 13:21

thanks! archilocus.

# October 18, 2009 at 13:25