Architecture students succeed in the AGK Award

Architecture students from Technische Universität Braunschweig have been honoured at the Architects’ Award for Hospital Construction and Healthcare (AGK). Johannes Quirin won second place, whilst Julia Franziska Mack received a special mention for her work.

In his design, Johannes Quirin envisions an open-plan healthcare campus.Picture Credit: Johannes Quirin/TU Braunschweig.

The theme of this year’s award was ‘My hospital is closing – what now? – Strengthening primary healthcare’. Johannes Quirin impressed the jury with his proposal to repurpose St Elisabeth Hospital in Salzgitter-Bad into a versatile health campus that combines education, care, accommodation and the local community.

Julia Mack’s design, “Campus together”, gives the former hospital a positive role as an open haven. It is intended to create a reliable point of contact, particularly for people in need of support, combining community, counselling, therapy, education and supported accommodation, and enabling individually tailored assistance.

The award-winning projects were developed as part of a Master’s thesis at the Institute for Constructive Design, Industrial and Healthcare Architecture (IKE).

Further information (in German) is available on the Department of Architecture’s website.