Eik Nursing Home. Main entrance. 
The project extends an existing nursing home complex for patients with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

Eik Nursing Home. Main entrance. The project extends an existing nursing home complex for patients with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

Ward pavilion with skylight above the central common space.

Outdoor patio.

The nursing home is located at the edge of an existing forest.

Each ward, with eight private rooms, has access to a sheltered outdoor patio.

Common room.

From one of the common rooms, which is shared by eight residents.

From one of the common rooms, with a little art installation on the wall, looking into a private room.

The landscaping includes a "sensory garden", with a winding path leading the patients around between the different plants.

Site plan.

Ground floor plan.

Section.

Model of the extension with the new pavilions.



Eik Nursing Home is located in a rural forested area outside the town of Tønsberg. The existing facility comprised a number of pavilions in red brick, a theme reflected in the new extension that was the result of an architectural competition.

The main aim has been to provide homely residential surroundings for patients suffering from dementia, avoiding the institutional character of many nursing facilities. People with dementia need simple and identifiable surroundings, with clear orientation. The pavilion organisation separates the residential units with small planted courtyards. The new residential buildings, each with eight rooms, are entered from a new central, roof lit hub containing administration, treatment centre, day facilities and a central foyer.


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