Outdoor Care Retreats Oslo, Norway Healthcare Buildings Photos, Rural Design Project
Outdoor Care Retreats in Oslo
Norwegian Hospital Buildings, Norway rural architecture design by Snøhetta
29 Feb 2020
Outdoor Care Retreats
Architects: Snøhetta
Location: forest of Sognsvann creek, Oslo, Norway

Outdoor Care Retreats
In the peaceful ambience of the forests only a short walking distance from two of Norway?s largest hospitals, Snøhetta has designed secluded wooden shelters aspiring to make hospitalization easier for patients and their families.
Designed on behalf of the Friluftssykehuset Foundation, the Outdoor Care Retreats offer visitors a physical and psychological respite from stringent treatment regiments and the isolation that often follows long-term hospitalization.
Leaning towards the lush forest and the trickling Sognsvann creek, the Outdoor Care Retreat is located only a hundred meters from the entrance of Norway?s largest hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet.

Its sister building is situated in the deciduous woodland by Sørlandet Hospital Kristiansand in the South of Norway, between oak trees and birch, overlooking a nearby pond.

Originally developed in collaboration with the Department of Psychosomatics and CL-Child Psychiatry at Oslo University Hospital, the Outdoor Care Retreat provides a peaceful space where visitors can benefit from the therapeutic qualities of nature.

“Nature provides spontaneous joy and helps patients relax. ...