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Konzeptentwicklung: Prinzip der Finger und Wintergärten • Conceptual development of the “fingers” and winter gardens

r BørneRiget follows the philosophy „Playfully logical”. Please explain this idea! not the other way around. Integrating play into the treatment is, as mentioned, com-
This guiding principle is symbolically and architecturally based on two hands that mon thread throughout the entire facility. Another defining principle has been to
stretch their fingers into the light, into the city and into the green. These hands serve create a framework that provides families the opportunity of being together as a fa-
as an organizational principle throughout the building. In the center there are clearly mily while having the most regular and safe everyday life as possible. When chil-
marked public areas that facilitate orientation – an atrium, a lobby and lounge areas. dren become ill, the whole family is affected, which is why we have created an en-
Each „finger“ provides bays and at the tip of each finger winter gardens unfold. The vironment where the family can stay close to the patient and have a life as close to
finger design also ensures short distances to the individual bays in all fingers and what they are used to to feel safe.
it ensures a maximum of 7 to 20 meters from each bay to the nearest winter garden.
These are roughly the same distances as in an ordinary house. There are artworks r What does this familiar setting look like inside the children’s hospital?
in the winter gardens. Here children can celebrate their birthday there and experi- We have also worked with private zones and multiple types of public zones, so that
ence a piece of normality. Artwork and different use of colour throughout the hospi- patients and relatives can choose the amount of companionship they want to have
tal makes wayfinding easier and add a strong identity. „Playfully logical“ is deeply with themselves and with others. We have also worked a lot with the healing qua-
rooted in 3XN’s design philosophy, which states that architecture shapes our beha- lities of architecture, considering factors from airflow to daylight while creating op-
viour. Copenhagen’s new children’s hospital has thus been designed to accommo- portunities for play and creativity through playgrounds and the winter gardens. As
date the needs of the patients and staff rather than letting the technical hospital a patient, you are likely to spend a lot of time in a bed, which makes it important
functions and routines take priority over the wellbeing and comfort of the patients. that you do not feel excluded. Therefore, every bedroom will have a view over the
It has proven possible to allow the vital functions of a hospital to be combined with city and the public park, making the children feel part of society during their stay.
playful creative surroundings to the benefit of the patients.
r What material concept is the patient room based on?
r What measures should be taken to eliminate the otherwise usual institutional Science confirms the emerging concept of biophilia: that being exposed to nature
character of hospitals? and organic materials not only calms our mind, it can contribute to a sense of health
Treatment, care, research, education, technology, and architecture thought together and well-being and positively stimulate healing. And there really is no better place
as a holistic ecosystem has been key in the design. And the ambitions were high to apply biophilia than in healthcare architecture and design. We chose to work with
from the beginning: The patients should no longer feel like the life comes to a stand- wood to add warmth to this large institutional space. Wood also lessens the stark -
still while being hospitalized or get incoherent courses of treatment. One of the ways ness of the typical hospital white and metal environments. It provides calmness and
to achieve an anti-institutional concept is to let the specialists come to the patient – serenity and it creates the illusion that the building embraces and protects us.

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