Outlooks and Insights

Outlooks and Insights

2017

Intervention throughout the building: Navigation colours and light installations placed in alignment with the cardinal directions. Light installations: Raw aluminium light fitting with LED. Radius 213 cm and 150 cm. Light installations in the staff common room: ¼ compass. Radius 210 cm. Painted walls and UV-print on PVC film on the windows.The outpatient clinic for children and adolescents: 6 veneer reliefs, 210 x 210 cm. Café: Ash herringbone parquet, diameter 700 cm. Transparent UV print on tempered glass, 51 x 93 cm. Rubber lettering. Client: The Region of Southern Denmark. Architechts: Arkitema Architechts. Studio Team: November Arkitekter, Iris Maass. Production Team: Okholm Lighting, HC Profiler, Modulex. Photo Credit: Jan Søndergaard, Thomas Mølvig.Text: Signe Guttormsen. Winner of European Healthcare Design Award 2018.

Using the theme of being on a journey, the art is based on the leitmotif of compass orientation. The compass symbolises a grand order  the power of the poles and perfect geometry of the universe. ‘Navigating life’ is a metaphor for negotiating opportunities and challenges. The colour circle is also a perfect whole, with a fixed place for each colour. The compass and colour circle fuse in the art, creating orientation points and order for the hospital patients and staff.

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Udsigter og indsigter
Udfra metaforen at “være på vej” tager kunsten afsæt i ledemotivet Orientering efter himmelretningerne. Kompasset viser os den store orden, jordpolernes kraft og universets perfekte geometri. Vi anvender udtrykket at “navigere i livet” for indsigten i sit eget sind og forståelsen af ens muligheder. Farvecirklen er også en perfekt helhed, hvor hver farve har sin bestemte plads. Kompasset og farvecirklen smeltes sammen i kunsten og implementerer orientering og orden for patienter og personale i bygningen.

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