Prerequisites and assignments

The project called “House D1” actually consists of two buildings, building D1 and building D2 with six and seven floors respectively and an area of 34,000 square meters. The buildings are connected to the hospital to the north and are accessed via the existing hospital main entrance. The entrance level in House D1 is for reception and day care, including mammography and dialysis. The floors below and above house two new emergency care departments and two care departments for medicine and associated day care, respectively. At the top of the building there are training rooms for methodology and medical training run by Linköping University.

The new extension has also received a centrally located Småland pine forest. Based on SLU’s latest research on the importance of the outdoor environment for the health and well-being of both patients and staff, they have tried to include as many environmental qualities as possible; clear seasonal changes, natural materials, rippling water and places for both silence and social gatherings. Great importance has also been placed on creating a strong connection with the green from inside the hospital bed.