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Everything is made of solid wood to encourage meditation. Devoted to prayer and meditation, the space is non-denominational and open to all. Wood is almost the only material used for this project. Pierre Pommerau Pierre Pommerau More

In the heritage-protected core of the municipality of Wald ZH, between the village centre, the railway station and the parish church, a building was constructed, the Rosenthal Health Centre, which unites the facilities of the Drei Tannen Foundation under one roof and anchors them in the village. Ruedi Walti In terms of size, the new building is oriented towards the existing manufactories from the textile heyday. The three staggered building sections respond to the varying scales and orientations of the context and create varied outdoor spaces. The pigmented, blasted concrete element façade borrows its colour from the neighbouring buildings. Like a fabric, it covers the compact body and creates a nuanced play of shadows. In dial... More

The super speciality hospital is a 300 bed hospital envisioned as one of central India’s ambitious healthcare projects by the BCM-Reliance hospital group.  Yash Salian Concept and Organisation The multi-specialty hospital caters to the growing workforce of Indore. Due to its proximity to the education and IT zones of the city, a large outpatient department with executive health check services form an entry point to the hospital. The lobbies at the lower floor focuses on healing aspects within spaces to reduce hospital related anxiety. These are positive distraction programs such as salons, shopping, prayer room, restaurants, etc. designed to create environments for patients and relatives. The project forms a clear distinct... More

The project is a fitness and recreation facility designed to promote the health and vitality of the local community. It is located in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, the same Kanto region as Tokyo. KOUJI HORIUCHI The main theme of the building is a place for healing and relaxation open to the community that supports health promotion, and it functions as a "place for multi-generational interaction where people gather. The exterior of the building was designed to harmonize with the surrounding natural environment. KOUJI HORIUCHI The site is in the eastern hills away from the center of Mito City. As a result of searching for the spread foundation located near the bedrock, a strap-like shape emerged. MIKAMI Architects We built... More

The children and youth hospice, Strandbakkehuset, has been designed as the first newly built hospice of its kind in Denmark. It has been designed to provide space for life, play and alleviation, thereby offering a vital home for children, young people and their families in a vulnerable time of their lives. Provides space for quality of lifeQuality of life is a keyword in the design of Strandbakkehuset, which contains four family residences, a staff section and several shared functions. Its purpose as a hospice is to embrace life for children and young people in a vulnerable situation. Life, play and alleviation are accordingly essential values for the hospice, and it is with these values as our premise that we have not only studied the con... More

Nursing homes for the elderly in Wrocław are two similar shape buildings with lot of green space around. Saving two big trees site plan looks like two buildings has been moved slightly between them More

Completed in 2012, the award-winning Centre for Addiction and Mental Health at Village Family Health was designed by ARK Inc. as a premier facility in Toronto’s Liberty Village.   Relocating a team of mental healthcare professionals away from the support, security and comfort of a large urban hospital is an innovative strategy to both increase patient access to healthcare and to de-stigmatize the delivery of these services. The Village Family Health Team integrates mental health services with primary healthcare programs, functioning as a subsidiary to Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Designed by Toronto-based architecture firm ARK Inc., the clinic is an adaptive re-use project that borrows from the... More

For children of all ages, a visit to the hospital can carry negative connotations. In HED's recent year partnership with the Children's Hospital of Michigan, we envisioned a new kind of hospital—one that would create a new experience for young patients and their families. Welcoming, soothing, playful—even fun!—the resulting design challenges outdated hospital stereotypes and advances patient care.To inform our approach, we implements an Integrate Facility Design (IFD) process. A full-scale cardboard mockup was created to vet every aspect of the design, from the size of the rooms to the number of steps required to perform a task. We invited healthcare providers, hospital staff, patients, families and community members to review the mockup an... More

The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) is one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country.  The densely populated urban campus is home to five hospitals, research and teaching facilities.  When HED was selected to design the 216,000 SF, $95.5M Heart Hospital, the project became the new gateway to the Medical Center.By consolidating cardiac services from across the campus into a dedicated center of excellence, time from EMS pick up to balloon was reduced by 35%.  Our medical planners created a unique layout for the procedure areas, prep and recovery spaces, abandoning the traditional racetrack design and creating a linear path for cellular design that focuses on breaking down operations and space into smaller increments that co... More

The patient journey can feel isolating and uncertain. For both patients and their families, creating a warm, welcoming treatment environment—one that connects, comforts and clarifies—is paramount.In our recent work with Palos Health, we used this belief as the starting place for design. In the process, we helped to reimagine what healthcare should be: patient-centered, thoughtful and empathetic.The new outpatient campus prioritizes a holistic approach to patient care, creating a better treatment experience and subverting outdated hospital stereotypes. The calming, carefully-crafted environment welcomes. Reassures. And reflects the natural beauty of its prairie wetlands environment.We know the patient journey can be filled with unknowns. By... More

In 2007, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJE) was hired to investigate the failing exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS) installed at the Everett Group Health Campus.  Over the previous several years, repairs had been made to the cladding, including replacing the EIFS on the south elevation with new EIFS. WJE noted during their investigation that parts of the EIFS was de-bonded from the gypsum sheathing behind, i.e. it was starting to fall off the building. WJE recommended that the EIFS be removed and a new cladding be installed.With the building located along the I-5 corridor, Group Health wanted an upgrade to the exterior aesthetic of the building and felt it was important to present a contemporary appearance to t... More

Plan and design competition ASAS designated as 1 of 2 winners. The new care center must be based on the existing building character. The complex program is sought to be broken down to a building structure where the scale follows the city's established scale. The large, new plant provides a good structural connection between the established health center and the university area with Follumsvei as the main axis.The project consists of 108 + 54 nursing homes and 60 single-person care homes, day center and health center for the elderly, indoor squares and meeting place, rehabilitation department (physio- and occupational therapy), doctor's office for nursing home doctor, medical center, wellness department including hairdresser, therapist, arom... More