Foreword

The Hospice: Home for the Terminally Ill Competition sought conceptual ideas that explore health design innovation. It offered a chance for participants to experiment with architecture as a tool for helping people suffering from diseases and to demonstrate how architecture can offer psychological relief. It is the first in a series of health-related design events, which will be accompanied by other competitions including the Home for the Blind Competition and the Accessible Architecture Essay Competition 

The brief requested a space where those facing terminal illnesses can go for respite, recuperation, and receive support in whatever form they may need: a center where patients can visit daily to receive advice, guidance, and companionship while undergoing treatment. The program was to include: a ‘common zone’ with a small library, gathering room, chapel, kitchen, and dining rooms; and a ‘private zone’ containing a nurse’s room and therapy room for psychological support. The intended capacity was for 15 visitors and 5 staff members for daytime care only. There was no defined location, and participants were asked to select a theoretical site from their home country.

Bee Breeders worked with an international jury of innovative architects with experience designing for the program type at hand: Rubén García Rubio and Sonsoles Vela Navarro, architects and co-founders of studioVRA based in Zaragoza, Spain; Arturo Mc Clean, communications manager and architect at Barcelona-based Miralles Tagliabue EMBT which has completed such projects as Kálida Sant Pau Centre in Barcelona – a space of emotional, social, and practical support for cancer patients, part of the Maggie’s Centre Network; Paul Monaghan, director at AHMM in London, which has completed projects including the North London Hospice and Kentish Town Health Centre; Françoise N’Thépé of Paris-based practice FRANÇOISE N’THÉPÉ ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN; Andrew Thurman, who leads the Interior Design program at York St. John University; and Dr Johan van der Zwart, a researcher with a focus on the interaction between technology, people, process, and place.

Bee Breeders received a wide range of submissions from around the world. Those selected by the jury were chosen for their intelligent site locations, focus on human scale, placemaking, and concepts respectful of the delicate moral nature of the program.

Bee Breeders and its jury panel would like to thank all the designers that participated in this competition.

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Hospice - 
Home for the Terminally ill

Design a safe and supportive space to those struggling with a terminal illness

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INTO THE GARDEN

In our opinion, architectural competitions are the best method of selecting a project. Customers can see different approaches to a design task, and so have the opportunity to fully understand what they can get. For designers, they are an opportunity for healthy competition with other participants, strengthening teamwork and stimulating creativity. Participation in the competition is also an opportunity to approach interesting and inspiring topics.

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Authors Damian Poklewski-Koziełł, Marcin Gierbienis, Justyna Kopacz, Aleksander Kwaśniak
Country Poland

2nd Prize Winner

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Nature Interlude - A hospice for the perception of time

Participating in architecture competitions is the most opportune moment to push ourselves to the limit and explore our creativity. As we can escape the daily dynamics and limits of the profession and choose the people we have affinity to and debate architecture with, it’s a moment of complete freedom to think and create projects that reflect what we think about life in society.

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Authors Renata Cirati Gomes, Beatriz Carvalho, Fabiana Perazolo
Country Brazil

3rd Prize Winner

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Head in the Clouds

I participate in architecture competitions to step outside my comfort zone. Although I am typically a practical thinker, architecture competitions allow me the freedom to remove myself from the basis of reality to create more radical designs.

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Author Caitlin Chin
Country Canada

BB STUDENT AWARD

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Green hospice

University Silesian University of Technology: Faculty of Architecture
Author Artur Gała
Country Poland
+72 points Buildner University Rankings

Honorable Mentions

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House of life

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Fibula - A Shelter by the Lake

Authors Mona Thoma, Jakob Albrecht, Edda Meinertz
Country Germany
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Canopee

Author Adrian Wetherell
Country Switzerland
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Spirits in Repose

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The Horizon

University Sejong
Authors Hyogeun Shin, Soowon Lee, Jaehyeon Kim
Country South Korea
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
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Madeleine

Authors Clément Schwab, Sirine Ammour
Country France

Shortlisted projects

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the glade

Christian Brönner

Technische Universität Darmstadt

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Germany

Journey Hospice

Daniel Rodriguez

United States

Back To Nature

Hyunjun Kim

Jihyung Kim

Jiwon Kim

South Korea

HeAL'L

Yeonsoo Jeong

South Korea

The Horizon

Hyogeun Shin

Soowon Lee

Jaehyeon Kim

South Korea

Fragmented momories hospice center

Doeun Park

Jinxiang Zhang

Eunbee Han

South Korea

SABAUDIA HOSPICE

Matteo Benedetti

Monica Manicone

Italy

FIORILE - Per rinascere come un fiore

Lapo Batistini

Università degli studi di Firenze Scuola di Architettura

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Italy

Spirits in Repose

Cherry Yang

Yunchao Le

Benjamin Han

Reishan Mcintosh

United States

A Place to Rest

Giovanna Zani

Valentina Geminiani

Università degli Studi di Firenze Scuola di Architettura

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Italy

Saint Barbara's House

Ewa Markowska

Wrocław University of Science and Technology

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

A Garden For Each Room

Wei liang Ng

Sean Ow

Rui zhi Choy

Singapore

Solace

Fiorella Granda

Caleigh Macdonald

Julia Miclaus

Canada

Home for terminally ill

Leonie Nöthen

Theresa Hardege

Germany

Green hospice

Artur Gała

Silesian University of Technology: Faculty of Architecture

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

The Floating Wreath

Ridvan Kahraman

Sacha Cutajar

Germany

Centre for Human & Environmental Health

Bronte Morris-poolman

Canada

Nature Interlude - A hospice for the perception of time

Renata Cirati Gomes

Beatriz Carvalho

Fabiana Perazolo

Brazil

TIDE HOUSE

Arthur Hamelers

Joost Hoepman

Technical University Delft

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Netherlands

GRI:DON

Sujin Lim

Hamin Lee

South Korea

WHEN I LOOK UP

Lingyun Zhu

Lu Wang

Qiao Feng

China

the alcove - a pavilion for retreat

Romina Trunzer

Philipp Enders

Germany

Cloud Hill

Xian Zhang

Jihao Zhong

Ziyue Yu

Xiang Ling

Italy

AETHER

Youngchan Kang

South Korea

Urban Island

Aliena Langer

Germany

Solid Light

Grant Mattingly

United States

Hospice near Celije Monastery

Aleksandra Marjanovic

Dunja Simovic

Natalija Malesevic

Germany

Project ID 48284

Elisabeth Mayr

Izabela Kovacicova

Austria

Hospice

Wioletta Sojka

Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

INTO THE GARDEN

Damian Poklewski-Koziełł

Marcin Gierbienis

Justyna Kopacz

Aleksander Kwaśniak

Poland

Elemental Place

Gala Oifa

Israel

House of Life

Maria Plaszczyk

Cracow University of Technology

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

HOSPICE

Krzysztof Przybylo

Wojciech Smyczek

PIOTR SZENDERA

Silesian University of Technology

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

Head in the Clouds

Caitlin Chin

Canada

Fibula - A Shelter by the Lake

Mona Thoma

Jakob Albrecht

Edda Meinertz

Germany

House of life

Simpert Hafenmeier

Akademie der bildenden Künste

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Germany

Point-Line-Plane

Hyo yeon (tiana) Lee

Canada

Safe Haven

Yuil Chang

Mathis Osing

Germany

Canopee

Adrian Wetherell

Switzerland

Madeleine

Clément Schwab

Sirine Ammour

France