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The Capital Region of Denmark, which is responsible for providing public healthcare in the region, is ongoing a major reorganization. The aim is to provide better healthcare to the citizens and better facilities for research

Hvidovre Hospital is one of four district hospitals in the region. At Hvidovre Hospital an extension is planned to accommodate the emergency department, maternity and children’s facilities as well as cardiology – with the flow and perspective of the patient as the guiding principle. The project will be the subject of a design contest.

The existing Hvidovre Hospital is a landmark hospital in Denmark, dating from the 1970’s, with a visionary approach to robust and low-key architecture to accommodate the patient’s recovery and well-being. Since the technical structure of the hospital has proved well suited to adapt to the changing functional needs, the hospital remains largely unchanged as an architectural entity. A key challenge in the contest will be how to extend this low-key yet powerful building structure in a way that creates an extension optimally suited to the healthcare of the future while still maintaining the hospital complex as a single functional entity.

Complex functionality, technical innovation, sustainability, logistics and user involvement are other main challenges in the contest; the teams should be able to demonstrate the capacity and ability to meet these in the best