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Växjö (SE) - Special Mention

LÄNKA

Associates: Giulia Chiatante (IT) – architect, Kuran Dilara (TR) – architect urbanist

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"Our proposal utilises tools of connection and fragmentation in the reuse of a monolithic hospital block that occupies a strategic location in the city of Vaxjö. The resulting urban form yields a diversity of typologies that can guide the evolution of an isolated healthcare institution into a permeable and multi-faceted care environment."