Copenhagen Centre for Cancer and Health, Denmark Healthcare Building, Danish Architecture, Architect
Copenhagen Centre for Cancer and Health, Denmark
Danish Health Care Building Development – design by NORD Architects
page updated with new photos 2 Sep 2016 ; 8 Mar 2013
Healthcare Center for Cancer Patients
Design: NORD Architects
e-architect directors Adrian Welch and Isabelle Lomholt will be visiting new/recent architecture in Copenhagen and Malmö later in September, this is a building we aim to see.
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

photographs : Adam Mørk
Background:

Getting cancer is like embarking on a journey, you don?t know where will end. It requires strength to cope with the disease and take on the new identity as a cancer patient. Research shows that architecture can have a positive effect on people?s recovery from sickness. A human scale and a welcoming atmosphere can help people to get better. Despite of this, most hospitals are hardly comfy. Just finding the way from the reception to the canteen can be difficult. If we want people to get better at our hospitals, we need to deinstitutionalize and create a welcoming healthcare.
photograph : Adam Mørk
Design concepts:

The Healthcare Center for Cancer Patients in Copenhagen is conceived as an iconic building, which create awareness of cancer without stigmatizing the patients. Designed as a number of small houses combined into one, the center provides the space needed for a modern health facility, witho...