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Entwurf • Design LIAG Architekten
Bauherr • Client Vorstand Prinzessin-Máxima-Center
Standort • Location Heidelberglaan 25, NL-Utrecht
Foto: Hannah Anthonysz
Nutzfläche • Floor space 44.833 m 2
Fotos • Photos Ronald Tilleman, NL-Rotterdam
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More infos on page 142

PRINCESS MÁXIMA

CENTER IN UTRECHT

Children suffering from cancer usually have a social
and emotional development deficit due to their long
hospital stays. This explains why, in addition to cancer
treatment, great care is taken to promote the age-ap-
propriate development of children. LIAG architects
participates in an initiative of TU Delft to research en-
vironments that promote healing and development.

T he scientific supervision and evaluation of a therapy process is
particularly important when treating children suffering from can-
cer, as the disease occurs less frequently and in the most varied forms
among adolescents. The Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Onco-
logy in Utrecht, Netherlands combines care and research and, with its
unique concept and an area of 45,000 square metres, is the largest
paediatric cancer treatment centre in Europe. The aim of the centre is
to treat and cure children with cancer while maintaining an optimal
quality of life for them. For this purpose, the research results on he-
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan aling environments of doctors, psychiatrists and engineers as well as
the cooperation of architects, parents and patients in the sense of an
evidence-based design (EBD) were incorporated into the planning. De-
velopment-oriented nursing care formed the basis for the design. The
interiors are bright and decorated in warm colours and materials such
as wood. The main path through the building is also a meeting place
for children, parents, doctors, nurses and researchers. The ingenious
networking of functions promotes adherence to the "one-minute rule",
which is intended to make it possible to reach all of the hospital's ser-
vices within a maximum of one minute's walking distance from the
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patient's room. These rooms were developed in cooperation with the
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research-based architectural office kopvol as parent-child rooms,
which can be separated or connected as required by means of a sli-
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sp ding door. There are also shared kitchens, classrooms and age-appro-
priate games and reading rooms. However, it is not only the transition
sp between research and care or inside and outside areas that is smooth
– the Princess Máxima Centre is also linked to the Wilhelmina Chil-
dren's Hospital via a connecting bridge. The colourful skywalk mean-
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ders at the height of the second floor and creates valuable connecti-
ons between operating theatres, nursing departments and laborato-
ries. The architects successfully met the challenge of developing a
child-friendly but not too excessively cluttered design concept. It is a
Grundriss 2. Obergeschoss • Floor plan level +2 building that radiates optimism.

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