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