This cathedral-like well being centre in Copenhagen goals to spice up wellbeing, empowering its customers

Daylight, pure supplies and greenery are key to psychological well being and affected person restoration, which is why they’re present in abundance on the new Centre for Well being in Copenhagen. The constructing was designed by Dorte Mandrup, the Danish architect heading her eponymous studio, which is famend for its human-centred method.

Step inside a pioneering well being centre in Copenhagen

The Copenhagen-based observe’s award-winning initiatives, starting from a tiny Learn Nest Cabin in a non-public backyard to Denmark’s Wadden Sea customer centre, a up to date tackle the standard thatched barn completely tailored to Jutland’s huge landscapes, are actually joined by this cathedral-like constructing that includes a formidable central nave with 15m-high timber arches.

Commissioned by the Metropolis of Copenhagen to satisfy the rising demand for the rehabilitation and therapy of individuals affected by lifestyle-related illnesses, together with type-2-diabetes and coronary heart illnesses, the centre is positioned on the entrance of De Gamles By, ‘the Metropolis of the Aged’, a retirement complicated within the capital’s Nørrebro district.

Initially in-built 1892 as a hospital and care dwelling, the village-like space has lengthy been synonymous with care, well being and wellbeing, its red-brick buildings now additionally housing a wide range of neighborhood companies. Though it attracts inspiration from the district’s gable motifs and saddle roofs, the brand new well being centre is resolutely up to date, its softly curved steel and glass type opening in direction of a backyard.

The doorway atrium, with its sequence of 15m-high glulam arches, is named the Coronary heart Room, connecting to the constructing’s ‘circulatory system’ and linking collectively the totally different areas, together with school rooms, areas for bodily coaching, session rooms, open assembly areas, and a kitchen for wholesome cooking workshops.

A big picket staircase with built-in seating varieties a gathering place within the central atrium the place folks can collect and work together with one another, enabling spontaneous, impromptu actions and social encounters.

‘An essential consideration has been to make sure room for interplay and neighborhood as having this sense of belonging and togetherness is an important a part of making therapy extra accessible, participating and supportive, and thus encourage long-term modifications,’ says studio founder Dorte Mandrup.

Regardless of their beneficiant measurement, the light-filled inside areas are cosy and calming, due to the usage of uncovered picket cladding on the partitions and ceilings. In addition to being aesthetically pleasing, the picket surfaces additionally assist improve indoor air high quality and scale back stress.

‘With Centre for Well being, we wished to create an area that not solely contributes to enhancing the standard of life for the folks receiving therapy however actively nudges and empowers them in direction of a more healthy life-style.’

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