On 13 June, the main building of Radboudumc designed by EGM architects was elected category winner 'Healthcare Design'. This happened during the festive ceremony of the European Healthcare Design Awards in London. The prize is Europe's leading architectural award for healthcare environments and is awarded to an outstanding project that demonstrates a high degree of sustainability, provides maximum care and promotes the well-being and comfort of staff, patients and their families.
The new Main Building offers a friendly and warm welcome to staff and patients. Meeting, collaborating and sharing knowledge take centre stage here, and Radboudumc's mission comes to life: to lead the way in shaping health and healthcare of the future by innovating and innovating, in a person-centred way and by working together in networks.
The Main Building is the first UMC in the Netherlands to hold the BREEAM Excellent certificate. With the highest score of all hospitals as well. CEO Lahuis "This is the most sustainable hospital building in Western Europe. And sustainable in the broadest sense of the word, which is also our most important task: keeping healthcare available and accessible for everyone. This building reflects that; it is an important representation of vitality."
The award ceremony, organised by Architects for Health and Salus, took place during the 9th edition of the European Healthcare Design Conference on 13 June 2023 at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Jury chair Kate Copeland (Chair Australian Health Design Council) presented the award during the three-day conference. During the conference, the team of EGM architects (Willemineke Hammer) and Radboudumc (Iris Hobo, Marc Cox, Harry van Goor, Paul Grotens and Ron Janssen) jointly presented the new Main Building and the research paper 'Less Bricks, more bites, different behaviour'.
Read all about the Radboudumc Main building here
June 16, 2023