Winner of first phase -- New North Zealand Hospital

The Capital Region of Denmark has nominated a consortium headed by C.F. Møller, Alectia and Rambøll as a winner in the first phase in a competition to design the New North Zealand Hospital, with a budget running to DKK 3.8 billion.

The citizens of North Zealand are to have a new, state-of-the-art hospital, which will be built in green surroundings close to the town of Hillerød and easily accessible to the remainder of North Zealand by road, and commuter and local railway lines. The 136,000 m2 hospital will be a highly specialised acute district unit. It will be The Capital Region of Denmark's only hospital project to be built from scratch and, based on the working title "This is it - Your Blank Canvas", the project competition seeks unequivocally to reach for the skies.

Seven international teams took part in the competition and, based on an overall evaluation in relation to function, architecture and sustainability, the panel of judges was unanimous in selecting three proposals as joint winners of the project competition.

In the judges' recommendations, they base their choice of the C.F. Møller-Alectia-Rambøll proposal on the following:"The proposal is obviously very professional and very thoroughly prepared. This proposal is the one which most clearly resolves the functional issues as these are described in the visions of the competition programme and description of, for example, the overarching hospital bed concept and distinctive flows. (.) Even though this is a compact building complex, the design includes an interesting undulating lobby area, which is well-designed and adds interest. The proposal includes efficient functional distribution and it is easy to find one's way around the building. The internal structure seems generally very open and welcoming."

The vision is, through the interaction of a series of innovative approaches, to create a rational and flexible hospital structure that is both space- and cost-saving. The design literally provides room to manoeuvre - in both financial and spatial terms - and to encapsulate sensory, healing and sustainable elements into New North Zealand Hospital.


The consortium, comprising C.F. Møller Danmark A/S, Alectia A/S and Rambøll Danmark A/S, with Cubo Arkitekter A/S, Søren Jensen Rådgivende Ingeniørfirma A/S and Tredje Natur ApS as subsidiary advisers, is a strong, interdisciplinary team with recent experience of some of Denmark's largest healthcare construction projects. For example, the consortium acts as full-service advisers to the New Aarhus University Hospital currently under construction at Skejby, north of Aarhus, and the New University Hospital in Køge, which the consortium won in June this year.

The two other teams which will proceed to phase two of New North Zealand Hospital are led by BIG and Herzog & de Meuron, respectively. Phase two is expected to be completed in March 2014 and the new hospital will open in 2020