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The challenge of the ‘Super-Hospitals’

Denmark is merging hospitals into fewer units with large population bases of over 300,000 inhabitants to support the development of highly specialised professional environments for medical research and training.

The construction of these super-hospitals raise the question about what will happen to the existing local hospitals that are now being vacated.

This complex topic opens up for interesting discussions about the reuse of the empty buildings and their infrastructure.

The transformation of Haderslev Hospital

How do we reprogram and and transform more than 50.000 sqm hospital buildings and supporting infrastructure into a new integrated neighborhood in Haderslev while maximizing the use of existing building components and with intelligent use of new materials?

The strategy is a flexible building program that can evolve over time, and originates in the understanding of the buildings architectural history, materiality and cultural position in the local context.