Nord Architects A/S

Centre For Cancer And Health

Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk

CENTRE FOR CANCER AND HEALTH

NORD Architects

ARCHITECT
NORD Architects

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Nord Architects, Copenhagen

ENGINEER
Wessberg

PHOTOGRAPHS
Adam Mørk

AREA
2250 m²

YEAR
2011

LOCATION
Copenhagen, Denmark

CATEGORY
Rehabilitation Center

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From here you move onto the others parts of the house, which includes a courtyard for contemplation, spaces for exercises, a common kitchen where you can learn to cook healthy food, meeting rooms for patients groups etc.

Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk
Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk

The houses are connected by raised roof shaped like a Japanese paper art origami, which gives the building a characteristic signature.

Getting cancer is like embarking on a journey, you don’t know where will end. It requires strength to cope with the disease and take on the new identity as a cancer patient. Research shows that architecture can have a positive effect on people’s recovery from disease.

Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk
Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk

A human scale and a welcoming atmosphere can help people to get better. Despite of this, most hospitals are hardly comfy. Just finding the way from the reception to the canteen can be difficult.

The Centre for Cancer and Health designed by Nord Architects Copenhagen does just that. The Centre for Cancer and Health in Copenhagen is conceived as an iconic building, which create awareness of cancer without stigmatizing the patients.

Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk
Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk

Designed as a number of small houses combined into one, the center provides the space needed for a modern health facility, without losing the comforting scale of the individual.

Entering the building you find yourself in a comfy lounge area manned by volunteers. If we want people to get better at our hospitals, we need to deinstitutionalize and create a welcoming healthcare.

Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk
Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk

The building is situated close to the city centre of Copenhagen in the same area as Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet).

So that patients can go to the healthcare center after their treatment at the hospital. On the other side of the road is the Panum Institute of Medicine.

Centre For Cancer And Health
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Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk


Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk
Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk
Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk
Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk
Centre For Cancer And Health
Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk
Centre For Cancer And Health
© Adam Mørk
Centre For Cancer And Health

© Adam Mørk


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First Floor Plan
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Floor Plan
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Roof Floor Plan
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Basament Floor Plan


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East Elevation
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West Elevation
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South Elevation
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North Elevation


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Section
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Diagram
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Diagram
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Site Plan

Nord Architects A/S
T +45 3369 0908
Nord Architects A/S
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