Overview
The Danish Centre for Particle Therapy is the only one of its kind in Denmark, and the unique building is part of Aarhus University Hospital. The green facade gives a friendly and welcoming expression to the building, which houses facilities for patients, relatives and clinical staff.
Facts
City
Aarhus
Aarhus
Country
Denmark
Denmark
Client
Central Jutland Region
Central Jutland Region
Year
2015
2015
Area
8000 ㎡
8000 ㎡
Partners
MT Højgaard, TSOI/Kobus & Associates, Balslev Rådgivende Ingeniører A/S
MT Højgaard, TSOI/Kobus & Associates, Balslev Rådgivende Ingeniører A/S
Services
Architect
Architect
Unique building with green facade
DCPT appears as a unique building clad with a varying green facade and sedum roof, which helps to give the massive concrete volume a friendly and welcoming expression. The scale is dispersed by shifts in the volume and the penetration of light in the green planting - especially at the main entrance.
The competition project includes the design and construction of the Danish Centre for Particle Therapy
The approximately 8,000 m² centre is the only one of its kind in Denmark and offers highly specialised cancer treatment to cancer patients from all over the country. The DCPT is equipped with a proton accelerator, three treatment rooms, research facilities and facilities for patients, relatives and clinical staff and is part of Aarhus University Hospital in Skejby.
"While the DCPT functions as its own entity, the building's transition to the existing AUH is expressed through the north facade's brick cladding and aluminum transom windows, from which the center is directly connected to the rest of the AUH."
Peter Nielsen, Head of Building Consultancy, KHR Architecture
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