Flower

When we read the brief of the competition, 

Respites 2.0, we immediately understood that we wanted to

design a project where a hospice, in intimate relationship

with nature, feels as much as possible like home.

Hospices as we know them today, are functional but

they are cold, uncaring, lonely, artificial, confusing

large institutions and we feel that they are not ideal for

spending the last days of our lives.

Architecture should aim to ensure the best quality of

life to the patients, staff and family members who are

going to spend their time there. This should include,

not only the medical treatment, but also the most enjoyable

aspects of life.

We aim to create spaces that are warm like a home,

caring as a family, stimulating as a community, where

the inhabitants can be as independent as possible to

enjoy the time they have left in close connection to

nature.

We believe a hospice should have intimate spaces for

meditation and contemplation, mourning and grief,

and also more lively spaces for sharing, playing and socializing

in a safe and caring space integrated to

nature.