keskiviikko, 6 marraskuun, 2013, 10:33
Pulse of life at the Kuopio University Hospital
How to recognise that a person is alive?
From the heartbeat. In hospitals – and at least in all movies – the vitality of a person is demonstrated precisely by a device plotting the electrocardiogram.
How do we recognise the vitality of a building?
At least for the Kuopio University Hospital, we know that numerous renovations and new construction sites have revitalised and still invigorate the living hospital. And now the construction works have moved to the most central site, right in front of the main entrance. Soon the Kuopio University Hospital will have a visible proof of its vitality: around the turn of the year the main entrance will be protected by a winged SYKE (Pulse) canopy.
The Kuopio University Hospital is alive and well!
Heikki Lamusuo
Competition phase visualisation of the Syke canopy, 2008 © Partanen & Lamusuo Ltd.
Avainsanat: courtyard planning, KUH, Kuopio University Hospital
Will the canopy ”pulse”? Is it intentionally shaped like an ”EKG” wave?
Yes, the canopy is intentionally shaped like an EKG wave, that is why the name is SYKE (Pulse). But I am sorry to say it really is steady structure so it does not move but we’ll try to get it to pulse some other way. Let’s see!