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Entwurf • Design GSP Architekten, Bremen
Bauherr • Client Landkreis Ammerland, Westerstede
Standort • Location An der Hös sen 23, Westerstede
Bruttogeschossfläche • Gross floor area 4.366 m 2
Fotos • Photos GfG, Thomas Kleiner, Bremen
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More infos on page 146

PSYCHOTHERAPY CLINIC

IN WESTERSTEDE

The new special clinic for psychosomatic medicine and
psychotherapy in the grounds of the Ammerland Klinik
in Westerstede in Lower Saxony was built according to
plans by the Bremen GSP Gerlach Schneider Partner
architectural office. From the outside as well as on the
inside, the new building convinces with a high-quality
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design reminding more of a hotel than a hospital.

T he Ammerland Klinik in Westerstede, located in north-western
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the same name. Its origins go back to the period of the Second World
War. At the time, the navy barracks on the periphery of Westerstede
were first used as a military hospital and later turned into a state hos-
pital. Since the Ammerland district took it over at the beginning of the
1950s, the clinic has been continuously expanded. For close to ten
years, the Westerstede army hospital likewise situated in the grounds
has been in direct as well as medical association with the Ammerland
Klinik. The latest addition on the clinic area is the special clinic for psy-
chosomatic medicine and psychotherapy which is run by the
Bundeswher together with the Psychiatrieverband Oldenburger Land,
the so-called Karl Jaspers Klinik. The architect Björn Gross and the inte-
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan W rior designer Carolin Kimmer from the Bremen GSP Gerlach Schneider
Partner architectural office were commissioned to plan the new addi-
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tional building. They designed a two-storey masonry building which,
on a figure-eight layout, encloses two inner courtyards. As regards the
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construction, the possibility of adding more levels exists. On the one
hand, the new building adapts to the neighbouring brick buildings as
to the material yet, at the same time, stands out from the existing red
clinic buildings due to its bright sandstone colour. On the ground floor
are the doctors’ offices and the therapy rooms as well as storage and
technology areas. Close to half of the floor area is reserved for later
expansion. The patient rooms are on the upper level. A total of 45 beds
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are distributed over spaciously and friendly designed single- and dou-
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ble bedrooms. Several lounges, bathrooms and communal kitchens
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are allocated to the rooms. The ground- and the upper floors are con-
nected by an open staircase in the centrally positioned entrance hall.
Above all in view of the, in some cases, very long stays of the patients,
the quality of the interior construction was a primary concern for the
planners. Their declared aim was to give the furnishing rather more
Grundriss Obergeschoss • Upper floor plan the look of a comfortable hotel than of a hospital.

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