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Egholm Retreat

The project focuses on users’ experience through spatial design, functionality oriented towards both patients and staff, materiality influencing sensory experience and perception and finally atmosphere of the place, which includes fresh air, daylight, acoustic comfort as well as harmony and clarity of the place. The goal is to design an architecture enhancing well-being and process of recovering. Furthermore, the architecture aims to be in a close relation and harmony with nature through the use of natural and sustainable materials and the design of passive solutions in order to reach the zero-energy building demands in sustainable way.

Typology: welfare building/healthcare
Location: Egholm
Size: 640 m2
Year: spring 2019
Team: Abhay Kumar Kandula,
Drashti Shantiv Mehta,
Eleni Iro Papadopoulou

Site location
Infrastructure analysis

Site analysis – microclimate
Site analysis – access and views

Concept

Simple elongated form divided into three parts in order to provide and diverse the views in different functional zones.
Splitting the building through skylights and glazed walls, visually shortens the form and provides daylight.
Building form creates a courtyards, semi-open towards open landscape, therefore takes a role of a “gate” towards the nature and brings it closer to encourage users to explore surroundings.
Adding extra wing which will accommodate in-patients and provide them privacy.
The building has been oriented to connect all the users with the nature throughout the views towards natural assets of the site, such as forest and water.
Interior spaces were split into functional zones to host both public and private activities, by encouraging the social interaction, while respecting the privacy that is required for both therapy and private rooms.
Site plan with landscape design
Floor plan
External wall detail
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