A new extension to Herlev Hospital
In 2011 Henning Larsen Architects with others won the international competition designing a new addition to Herlev Hospital. The project includes emergency room and a woman-child center with pediatrics and maternity ward. The new design is largely focused on the healing effects of nature and open space.
The area is generally green and open and invites patients and visitors to enjoy the fresh air and stimulation of all the senses. Healing architecture is well documented and the hope is that the new hospital will create a pleasant environment for its users.
Emergency room and woman-child center
The project consists of two low circular buildings with rectangular bases, which create a number of interesting recreational areas and stand in sharp contrast to the existing 120 meter building, which has no outdoor spaces.
The largest of the buildings contains the new emergency room, which, among other things, contains both MRI scanners, CT scanners and X-rays. In the upper, round floors are the bed sections with almost 240 bedrooms.
The smaller building contains the new Woman-Child center with, among other things, maternity ward, a department for children and teens and parts of the departments for women's diseases, pregnancy and childbirth. In the upper round floors there are approx. 45 bedrooms.
Circular design meant custom-designed components
The building has an approximate size of 56.000 m2, and will later be further expanded with an additional 6.100 m2 including a chapel and a patient hotel. The circular designs offer new and exciting challenges for the steel design with custom components and out-of-the-box construction methods.
The project is designed with sustainability in mind and will be energy class 1.
Groundbreaking took place in 2014 and in 2022 the last facilities were put into use.
The participants
Architect: Henning Larsen Architects in consortium with Friis & Moltke and Brunsgaard & Laursen as well as SLA landscape architects. NCC was responsible for construction of concrete, steel and groundwork with KI as consulting engineers. KI was responsible for full 3D modelling of all steel structures and structural design of floor beams.
Image credit: Region H, Henning Larsen, Claus Falkenberg Thomsen and KI.
