Hospitals and Healthcare

Elsinore Hospital


Danish hospital breaks from convention

 
Designed by the architects PLOT, the new psychiatric hospital in Elsinore (Helsingør) breaks with tradition, both in its architecture and lighting. The hospital’s characteristic star shape with long corridors, lit by windows, and open communal rooms, meets the need for supervision and overview without the patients being made to feel watched and shut in. There are green views from all 48 single rooms.

The lighting supports the appearance and needs of the various rooms, creating a bright, secure environment for the patients - anything but a sterile, institutional atmosphere. At the same time, functionality, comfort and security are still top of the agenda.

”In order to underline the movement in the architecture, we chose oblong fittings for the whole upper floor, which is characterised by numerous corridors in various directions. The fittings provide direction themselves and follow the building’s movements,” explains architect David Zahle.

On the lower floor, the classic glass fittings are there to focus on the directionless openness of the large rooms.

Built-in wall lights with LEDs at skirting board level function as night lights.