AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
hospitals, architecture
COUNTRY
Norway
DESIGNED BY
Snøhetta
WEBSITE
https://snohetta.com/projects/419-friluftssykehuset-the-outdoor-care-retreat
Outdoor Care Retreat
The radical future of hospitals is being built in a Norwegian forest
In the peaceful ambience of the forests only a short walking distance from two of Norway’s largest hospitals, Snøhetta has designed two secluded wooden shelters aspiring to make hospitalization easier for patients and their families. Designed on behalf of the Friluftssykehuset Foundation, the Outdoor Care Retreats offer visitors a physical and psychological respite from stringent treatment regiments and the isolation that often follows long-term hospitalization.
The cabins are donated as a gift by the Friluftssykehuset Foundation to the hospitals. The vision is to build more Outdoor Care Retreats in vicinity to hospitals in Norway and abroad.