Keyprojects | Hospitals Go to contents 36 North Zealand Hospital The units are fully cladded with wood elements. In total, we are using around 14 000 m2 of naturally treated wood for this project. This wood cladding is the main The North Zealand Hospital in Hillerød, Denmark, is a Danish way the building visually connects with the surrounding nature, and it is also important “super hospital”. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Vilhelm in reducing the carbon footprint of the Lauritzen Architects, it will be one of the largest hospitals in the project. country, with about 20 clinical departments to serve 300,000 local citizens. It features unique architecture that is a response to The use of wood presents challenges in terms of both design, production and the surrounding countryside. The organic, flexible shape of this installation. For example, the design and 4-storey, 118,000 m2 building helps to connect patients to nature. production of the thermal pine boards that cover the type D elements was technically difficult. In terms of installation, one major challenge is the vertical wood boards that will be placed at each junction of the Type D elements. There is a different overlap of the Furthermore, the project has high producing and installing approximately boards around the entire perimeter of the performance requirements. The building 2020 elements. There are two different building, which means approximately 80% has been designed to meet the Danish types of elements (named type A and of the elements have different layouts for Building Classification 2020, and DGNB type D), and they are completely different the wood boards. gold certification is being targeted, which from each other, because of different will make this one of the most energy- profiles systems used. One type has 90 The large size of the elements also required efficient hospitals ever to be built. degrees corners, is two storey height with the installation team to think innovatively. wood lamellas and aluminium fin profiles The type A elements are up to 2.5 m wide The 20,000 m2 building envelope that as a cladding, while the other is faceted and 8.3 m high, and the type be elements Staticus is creating and installing is an to match the curved path of the higher are up to 2.7 m wide and up to 7 m high. architectural statement in itself. It has high- section of the building and has a shiplap Given these dimensions, the high number performance requirements, but also serves board cladding. However, both façade of corners, and the curved upper part of the important practical and remedial functions. types are bottom supported. building, the team is using a robotic forklift It will provide for a comfortable interior for installation. This ensures elements are environment, and blur the lines between Another complexity in this project is moved and calibrated correctly. interior and exterior. the high acoustic requirements for the horizontal and vertical flanking insulation North Zealand Hospital is estimated to be For the Staticus team, this is both a large- between rooms and floors. completed in 2027. scale and complex project. In total, we are Image © Herzog & de Meuron – Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter