Process Conclusion

Treatment concept

Therapy building

This health centre, located at the southeastern part of Egholm, has a capacity for helping 12 stressed outs at a time for stays of a month’s length. There are 4 permanent staff members affiliated the health centre, counting two psychologists, one yoga instructor and finally, one personal trainer. Additionally, the health centre receives dinner from the neighboring restaurant and is regularly cleaned professionally.

The health centre complex consists of two building volumes; one main building, known as the therapy building, houses all of the treatment and socially oriented functions, such as conversation rooms, training rooms, a big kitchen-dining room, cozy niches, offices etc. This building is 350 square meters big, and the design of it is concerned about various stress reducing design initiatives; first of all, the organization of the building is concerned about one consistent and wide corridor ensuring a clear way finding within this big and somewhat complex building. The corridor being continues and centrally placed symbolizes the course of treatment that this building will provide for the stressed outs. Secondly, the use of wooden interiors is widely used throughout the spaces. In continuation of Burnard’s and Kutnar’s studies mentioned on p. 38, the use of wood is weighed in relation to other materials. Another dominating interior cladding is painted clay plaster. This material is chosen due to its environmentally friendly profile and natural tactility.

The building contains two distinct conversation rooms, whereas smaller open niches can be used for informal sessions. Within both of these rooms, the interior have some curved lines, setting the scene for a de-stressing and protective atmosphere.

Another therapeutic room is the combined yoga and training room. This is designed for accommodating both of these activities whereto, it can actually house additional functions as the wall towards the kitchendining room is sliding utilizing flexibility by creating an extension of the social room.

PROCESS CONCLUSION

Dwellings

Windows have been placed thoughtfully throughout the building enhancing views to the surrounding landscape. Within the building, it is possible to experience views to water, fields and forest.

The other building volumes houses only dwelling functions as well as a laundry/ technical room. Each dwelling has its own entrance, so one could perceive this building volume as multiple dwellings pushed together into a coherent cluster. This coherence is mainly driven by technical deliberation on minimizing transmission loss, plumbing fixtures and regarding installing a shared mechanical ventilation system.

Each dwelling is approximately 25 square meters, and they consist of a sleeping/ relaxing area, a private terrace and a private bathroom. Within each of the apartments is a build-in, wooden alcove for sleeping in and for storing e.g. clothes. One of the walls holds a wooden pegboard allowing the resident to personalize the room without harming the interiors.

The constructions of both buildings are similar and lightweight, since they mainly consist of reused construction wood, eelgrass insulation and reused wood cladding. These materials are chosen due to the environmentally friendly and disassembly qualities of them. Instead of using nails and glue, screws and bolts are prioritized ensuring the possibility to disassemble the main part of the construction for eventually reassembling it at another location.

Both buildings comply with the criteria of meeting low energy class of 2020, and this mainly obtained by the use of passive means whereto, a few solar panels are implemented. Furthermore, are both buildings heated by horizontal geothermal heat pumps utilizing the embedded energy of the topsoil layers.

Construction