Major extension of Sahlgrenska University Hospital , Gothenburg/ Schweden

With 90.000 m2 in total two new buildings will physically connect the existing hospital and university. The intention is to create a meeting point for the sharing of healthcare knowledge.
With 90.000 m2 Sahlgrenska Life is the biggest expansion of the area around Sahlgrenska University Hospital so far. The two principal buildings will be linked by a three-storey passage across the heavily trafficked road, Per Dubbsgatan. The new link will create a new space for the people working in healthcare, education and research to meet.The idea is to let people from various professions meet in common canteens, cafés, teaching rooms, library and meeting- and conference facilities, thus creating new connections, new ideas and innovation on a higher level.
The project, which Arkitema Architects created in cooperation with Sweco, received great praise from the jury, who is greatly satisfied with the solutions the team came up with for the competition.
“The winning proposal have several architectural qualities and gives a clear and recognisable identity to a world leading center for medicinal research, health and education,” says spokesman of the jury, Arve Nyhus.