On 11 October 2016, the Regional Council approved KHR's project proposal for the New Forensic Psychiatry Sct. Hans. The project was praised for its healing architecture, visiting apartments for relatives, activity garden, multi- and music room, environment for children and staff facilities.
The main features of architecture
The project consists of four senior units, outdoor and indoor community activities, and an arrival house with staff and visitor facilities. Each bed unit is designed as a cluster around three larger courtyard spaces. The arrival building is located as an extension of the Tofteparken axis, in the existing Sct. Hans Øst and serves as the visual gateway to the development. The building itself forms the perimeter around the site.
The entire development is linked by an inner garden corridor with associated communal functions. In the centre is the large and exciting activity park from which, due to the layout of the buildings on the site and the sloping terrain, there is a view of the park, outdoor activity areas and the landscape, but never directly into a dwelling. The dwellings are always located with a view of the landscape and never with a view obstruction between two dwellings. A consistent parameter for the plan layout is the focus on staff and patient workflow, well-being and safety. The project consciously works with the healing architecture, the importance of light, air and nature. The buildings thus offer views of the stunning countryside or green garden spaces.
