In February 2017 a new psychiatric hospital opened in the Danish city of Vejle. Since the opening, the hospital has registered a 50 percent decrease in physical restraint and it is widely acknowledged for its healing architecture. This was underlined in mid-June when the hospital won the Mental Health Design category at the European Healthcare Design Awards 2018 in competition with mental health buildings from all over the world.

Courtesy of MT Højgaard

Architects: Arkitema Architects

Location: Nordbanen 5, 7100 Vejle, Denmark

Lead Architect: Wilhelm Berner-Nielsen

Area: 17000.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Niels Nygaard

Engineer: MT Højgaard and MOE

Contractor: MT Højgaard
Landscape: Arkitema Urban

Client: Region of South Denmark

Artwork: Signe Guttormsen

© Niels Nygaard

Text description provided by the architects. In February 2017 a new psychiatric hospital opened in the Danish city of Vejle. Since the opening, the hospital has registered a 50 percent decrease in physical restraint and it is widely acknowledged for its healing architecture. This was underlined in mid-June when the hospital won the Mental Health Design category at the European Healthcare Design Awards 2018 in competition with mental health buildings from all over the world.

© Niels Nygaard

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