The proposal for the new Psychiatric Centre Ballerup is based on a humanistic approach. The ambition is to create a tranquil space for a vulnerable group of patients and relatives combined with an optimal framework for the staff. Building and green spaces enrich each other in a mutually beneficial symbiosis. The area's smaller buildings are transferred to the new building and expressed in a symphony of pitched roofs and gables reminiscent of a small village, designed to have a better relationship with the human scale to encourage a space of calm and safety.

Quote from the jury:

“The proposal fits the extension subtly and respectfully into the existing context, adding a contemporary and empathetic architectural expression... It adds a gable motif that opens the communal spaces towards the surrounding park and landscape and at the same time frames terraces and balconies. The committee finds that this simple move adds a subtle, non-institutional appearance with strong positive references to low-dense housing projects of very high quality.”