As a starting point for work on the Helsingør Psychiatric Hospital, we interviewed the users, patients, and staff members. This helped to provide a clearer understanding of the basic needs on which to base our design approach, while at the same time clarifying an important paradox to be solved.  How does one combine the efficiency of a central organization with the freedom and autonomy of a decentralized complex?  The hospital needs to allow control and protection while maintaining a free and open atmosphere.  In terms of function it should be a logistically optimized hospital, but in terms of experience it is anything but a hospital.

PROJECT: Healthcare, Psychiatric Hospital
TYPE: Invited Competition, 1st Prize
SIZE: 6 000 M2
BUDGET: 80 000 000 DKK
CLIENT: Frederiksborg County, Helsingør Hospital
COLLABORATORS: PLOT, BIG, Moe & Brødsgaard
LOCATION: Helsingør, Denmark
STATUS: Completed 2006