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The new hospital will have 450 primary care beds. At the same time it will be part of a large ensemble of service facilities, including a social centre for families, a health and wellbeing centre as well as the new Malmi school centre. Our entry \u201dPuutarhat\u201d (\u201dThe gardens\u201d) received first prize in the competition. The idea of a \u201dnature hospital\u201d had been one of the starting points from the beginning and thus the heart of the complex is made up of an evergreen central courtyard. Rehabilitation is present everywhere, not only in the areas reserved for it. Apart from being just a hospital, it will also be an important public building in the centre of Malmi. The provided spaces, lobbies and foyers, routes and passageways, as well as the vegetation of the internal courtyards and gardens, all contribute to the humane and healing atmosphere. Natural light and natural materials have been exploited by using guidelines from recent evidence-based research material. The aim has been to create surroundings that will tempt the patients to leave their rooms for additional exercise.<\/p>\n
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The hospital will relate to the surrounding townscape with the help of facades made of bricks and wood as well as the abundance of trees. It shows respect to the Malmi brick church by having its lowest masses in its southernmost part closest to the church.<\/p>\n
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The functional room programme is translated into an ensemble where, within the modular structural framework, there is spatial clarity, easy orientation and flexibility. It has, however, been divided up into smaller entities in order to make the scale more humane and easier to grasp for patients, staff and visitors alike.<\/p>\n
The amount of natural light is maximised everywhere in the building and nature is strongly present also because of the views to the internal courtyard gardens. The foyers of the buildings form pleasant surroundings for feeling better but also for working. The length of dark corridors has been minimized and art is used for the purposes of healing as well as wayfinding. The main entrance foyers contain public space where events for patients and outsiders can be organised. The foyers thus become seamless extensions to the surrounding public urban areas. The organised rehabilitation spaces as well as the teaching spaces are also connected to these foyers.<\/p>\n
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The gross floor area of the building is 63 000m2. The air-conditioning units are located in innovative \u201dgreenhouses\u201d which are used for heat recovery and in order to give the building an instantly recognisable identity within the townscape. The dimensioning and the technical systems will facilitate the use of hospital robots in the future.<\/p>\n
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In the choice of building materials low carbon products are preferred. The different separate layers in the strucure of the facades provide substantial depth which reduces direct sunlight and provides shade, thus passively improving the energy-efficiency. The modularity and detailed design take circular economy into account, thus facilitating the reuse of building parts in the future.<\/p>\n
These and many other factors produce a tapestry which connects functional and technical requirements with nature and the built environment in a seamless way. We are hoping that our approach to hospital design will be a major trendsetter for future hospitals.<\/p>\n
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Our large multi-disciplinary competition team consisted of:<\/p>\n
Trevor Harris, professor, Architect SAFA
\nHannu Louna, architect SAFA
\nAino Raatikka, architect SAFA
\nMikko Sinervo, architect SAFA<\/p>\n
Sasu H\u00e4likk\u00e4, architect SAFA
\nJanne Kivel\u00e4, architect SAFA
\nHennu Kjisik, professor, Ph.D. (tech.), architect SAFA
\nMarkus Kuusela, architect SAFA
\nJoseph Mulcahy, architect SAFA
\nSusanna Kalkkinen, architect SAFA (only during stage 1)<\/p>\n
EXPERTS
\nPentti Kareoja, professor, architect SAFA<\/p>\n
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
\nNomaji Landscape Architects
\nVarpu Mikola\tlandscape architect MARK
\nMari Ariluoma\tlandscape architect MARK
\nHertta Ahvenainen\tlandscape architect MARK
\nAnni Hietanen\tstudent, landscape architecture
\nSari \u00c5strand\t\tlandscape architect MARK
\nAnni J\u00e4rvitalo\tlandscape architect MARK
\nRiikka Nousiainen\tlandscape architect MARK<\/p>\n
STRUCTURAL DESIGN
\nRamboll Finland Oy
\nJyrki Ketonen
\nEsa Ik\u00e4heimonen
\nEmil Jansson<\/p>\n
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
\nGeoUnion Oy
\nMarkku Savolainen
\nRockplan \/ FInnmap Infra Oy
\nMiika Kalliokari<\/p>\n
HVAC DESIGN
\nSitowise Oy
\nSakari Sipola<\/p>\n
FIRE SAFETY
\nJensen Hughes Finland Oy
\nAleksi Ojala
\nSamuli Heikkil\u00e4
\nAnton Huovinen<\/p>\n
ELECTRICAL DESIGN
\nRejlers Rakentaminen Oy
\nTapio Kilpimaa
\nMika Lamminen
\nJukka Nurmi<\/p>\n
TRAFFIC
\nSitowise Oy
\nEsa Hartman<\/p>\n
VISUALISATION (EXTERIOR)
\nVoima Graphics Oy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-4369","uutiset","type-uutiset","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/h-k.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutiset\/4369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/h-k.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutiset"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/h-k.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uutiset"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/h-k.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}