5/2014 new hospital – care architecture
In Finland hospital construction projects worth over EUR 2 billion are currently under way. The hospitals of the future will be day-activity centres where patients arrive in the morning and leave in the afternoon, preferably by means of public transport, says Jouko Isolauri, Director of the Kanta-Häme Hospital District. Advances made in medicine and treatment techniques influence hospital operations and design objectives. Currently, processes are evolving at such a fast rate that a hospital is already outdated when completed. “The easy transformation of spaces is indeed a precondition for the contemporary hospital,” says CEO Heikki S. Laherma, an architect and expert in hospital design. By investing in proper and well-timed design, it is possible to cut the operating costs of a hospital by millions per year.
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Good, better, healing
Hennu Kjisik
HUS Meilahti, Helsinki
New Children's Hospital, Helsinki
SARC–Koivula
New Central Hospital for Central Finland
JKMM
Extension of Puijo Hospital, Kuopio
Lukkaroinen Architects + Partanen & Lamusuo
Malmi Hospital, Helsinki
Olli Pekka Jokela Architects + AW2
Tipotie Health Centre, Tampere
SIGGE
hospital design | Flexibility creates efficiency
Heikki S. Laherma
hospital design | Finnish hospital is changing
Erkki Vauramo
spaced | Interview with actress Katja Küttner
Miina Blot
paatela | Many generations of hospitals
Mikael Paatela
meilahti | The price of conservation
Sanna Lahti
speaker's corner | From a sanatorium to a repair shop
Jouko Isolauri
déjà-vu | Erkki Helamaa, Veijo Martikainen, Tampere Central Hospital, 1962
Petteri Kummala