The new cancer counselling center is designed as a cluster of seven small houses. Similar to monasteries the careful layout features interlocking rooms that wrap around two central courtyards  - one where you sit and meditate in silence and one that promotes physical activity and social interaction. Each house has its own specific program and together they form a coherent sequence of different spaces which include functions such as library, kitchen, conversation rooms, lounge, workshop, gym and wellness area.

How can we create spaces that accommodates all aspects of life with cancer?

The vision is to create a homely, open and welcoming house. To create a space that is more home than an institution. A modern and yet familiar house that provides a clear alternative to the sterile and functional hospital environment.

Rather than creating a traditional uniform building the functions are shaped into 7 small houses promoting human scale, richness and variation in the overall spatial experience.

The plot is surrounded by roads on three sides . By placing the courtyard in the center it is protected against noise and becomes an integrated part of the house. The layout consists of 7 different houses - each with a specific program.

The large communal ’Livsrum’ (living space) is the heart of the house and forms a natural center that allows continuous circulation throughout the house. All rooms face the 2 central courtyards.

All spaces in the house are designed individually according to the function and creating a variation in atmosphere and contact to neighboring spaces.

Spaces For Everyone
The users vary from kids to elder people. Some are disabled while others come to excersise. Some come to meet other patients casually while others seek privacy and counselling. Therefore all spaces in the house are designed individually according to the function and creating a variation in atmosphere and contact to neighboring spaces. 

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Project Facts

Project:Healthcare 

Client:Realdania, Kræftens Bekæmpelse 

Collaborators:Hoffmann 

Size:800 sqm 

Location:Næstved Denmark 

Year:2012 

Status:Competition 1. prize, Completed in 2013 

Competition Team:Tue Hesselberg foged, Sinus Lynge, Victoria Diemer Bennetzen, Ivana Stancic, Toni Rubio Soler, Tina Lund højgaard, Christer Nesvik, Andris Rubenis | 

Project Team:Tue Hesselberg foged, Sinus Lynge, Mikkel Bøgh, Anders Hjortnæs, Christer Nesvik, Ivana Stancic, Danijel Vinko,  Alvaro Madrazo

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