Figure 12: Private patient room at Haraldsplass Hospital new main building (2018), Bergen, Norway, designed by C.F. Møller Architects
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Case study two: Glasgow, Gartnavel Hospital: OMA
Maggie’s Centres are cancer centres where patients can recover from cancer treatment and also is also a place where their families and friends can meet and discuss the future. The foundation was founded by Maggie Keswick Jenks and her husband Charles Jenks. According to Edwin Heathcote, it is a space where cancer patients start to ‘help themselves … [and] take control of their own circumstances’ (Heathcote, 2006, p. 1304). To help patients achieve this state of mind Maggie’s Centres are designed with a strong consideration of nature through the use of biophilic experiences stated in chapter one. According to Charles Jenks (Jenks, 2017, p. 69) the connection to nature is vital because ‘when you are faced with cancer, a life-threatening disease based on rogue-life, you are likely to orient yourself to nature’. One Maggie’s Centre that achieves the biophilic experiences discussed in chapter one, is the
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