Sikkerhetsbygget i Trondheim vinner 2. premie i prestisjetung arkitekturpris

European Healthcare Design kårer årlig de beste sykehusprosjektene for design i verden innen seks ulike kategorier. Sikkerhetsbygget i Trondheim vant i 2022 i kategorien Mental Health Design, og juryen har nå nominert tre toppfinalister fra de siste ti års vinnere til en historisk prisutdeling. Les mer om prisen her.

Sikkerhetspsykiatribygget i Trondheim ble ferdigstilt i 2021. Det har 21 døgnplasser med høy sikkerhet for svært psykisk syke pasienter fordelt på tvangsinnlagte pasienter og pasienter som soner under særreaksjonen tvungen psykisk omsorg.

June Haugen Welo, prosjektansvarlig arkitekt i Ratio, har i samarbeid med NCC og Sykehusbygg HF vært sentral i arbeidet med å utvikle sikkerhetspsykiatribygget, som er det første i sitt slag i Norge.

-Å jobbe med 'helende arkitektur' innebærer å integrere natur, belysning og utforming i et av de sikreste byggene i Norge. Tilbakemeldinger vi har mottatt tilsier at det er veldig nordisk å tenke slik rundt denne type bygg. Designet er nedtonet og ikke veldig oppsiktsvekkende, men samtidig robust i bruk, sier hun.

Prosjektets suksess kan tilskrives klare forventninger fra alle involverte parter fra starten av, en tydelig byggherre i Sykehusbygg som stilte gode krav, og en konkurranse vunnet på design, ikke pris. Respekt mellom alle parter førte til konstruktive og verdifulle diskusjoner. I årene fremover skal Norge gjøre betydelige investeringer for å sikre gode psykiatribygg. Det er mye å lære av prosessen rundt hvordan Sikkerhetsbygget ble til.

Prosjektet er utviklet i samarbeid med NCC Norge, Karlsson arkitekter, Schønherr og COWI Norge for St Olavs Hospital / Sykehusbygg.

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The High Security Mental Hospital in Trondheim wins second place

On Wednesday evening, The Security Building at St. Olavs Hospital was awarded second place and a EHD High Commendation as one of the three best hospitals of the decade in the category of Mental Health Design. We are proud to have developed a psychiatric building that attracts international attention.

European Healthcare Design annually awards the best hospital projects worldwide for design in six different categories. The Security Building in Trondheim won in 2022 in the category of Mental Health Design, and the jury has now nominated three top finalists from the last ten years' winners for a historic award ceremony. Read more about the prize here.

The Security Psychiatry Building in Trondheim was completed in 2021. It has 21 high-security beds, divided between involuntary psychiatric patients and patients serving under special measures for forced psychiatric care.

June Haugen Welo, project architect at Ratio, has worked in collaboration with NCC and Sykehusbygg HF to develop the security psychiatry building, which is the first of its kind in Norway.

“Working with 'healing architecture' involves integrating nature, lighting, and design into one of the safest buildings in Norway. Feedback we’ve received suggests that it’s very Nordic to think in this way for this type of building. The design is subdued and not very striking, but at the same time, it’s robust in use,” she says.

The project's success can be attributed to clear expectations from all parties involved from the start, a strong client in Sykehusbygg who set good requirements, and a competition won on design, not price. Mutual respect between all parties led to constructive and valuable discussions. In the coming years, Norway will make significant investments to ensure quality psychiatric buildings. There is much to learn from the process of how the Security Building was created.

The project was developed in collaboration with NCC Norway, Karlsson Architects, Schønherr, and COWI Norway for St. Olavs Hospital / Sykehusbygg.