visit to Drottning Silvias Children's Hospital
Meeting with Sofia Månsson (play therapiest)
Analyzes of the existing spaces
Teenagers’ room: A stylish room, referring to teenagers and young patients up to age 25. They can gather, play a game or watch a movie with their friends from outside in this room.
Drottnig Silvia's children's hospital is going to move to the new hospital soon. For my thesis I am working to solve some spaces, relating to my researched on neuroscience, and I have always many questions back and forth, about children, how they use the spaces, what are they looking for...etc.. and after the design process and reading brief more questions appeared related to use of spaces.
Sofia Månsson, responsible for libraary and therapy department, helped me to answer my questions and gave me very informative tour in the department, explaining every unit.
click here to see the full interview : guide to lekterapi
The distance to the unit is solved with guiding lines on the corridor floor, and glazed door to the unit, however it is hard for a child to find his way directly to there without help.
Another disadvantage of the location is, since it is in the middle and not facing to the front façade, it is not possible to run free from the main hospital.
The square is the heart of the lekterapi part where all the corridors and common rooms are opening to, and where the children, therapists and parents gather in one common unit. It is located slightly by the entrance which gives the feeling of a separate
Multi purpose room: The room where the children can perform a theater, watch a visiting act, play games in the white screen, or play pinball. It is a flexible room, maybe lacking some closed storage unit as some decorations are hidden behind the curtains.
The room has both eye contact to the corridor and to outside.
Small children’s room: For children aging between 2-5, guided with therapists. It is visible from the square, so the parents can watch their children. The room is only accessible from the playtherapy unit and it is desired to have a free entrance for the new building.
Hospital simulation play: the therapists help children to learn hospital within a game to make them feel comfortable about hospital. It is now accessed through sewing room, but needs to be in a quiet zone, since it serves for a sensitive activity.
Senses room: A special room without daylight, lit by special light systems, changing colour and brightness. Only used with a therapist, and booked for certain hours.
Music studio: A studio to experience music, in a fully equipped room. Has a double entrance but the door is usually kept open, to let the sound be heard, to attract children’s attention.
Library: Very open and flexible room, where children loan books or plays for the multipurpose room. The disadvantage is it is quite backsides, more connecting to the teenager’s unit, which keeps it hidden from children when they circle by themselves.
Classroom: It is for children to keep up with the lessons with guidance of a teacher in communication with home school. Usually 3children at the same time, maximum 5 children at the same time. It is quite away from library, hard to go and check a book between a lesson.
Sewing room: Relatively small room with sewing machines. It has access both from corridor and hospital play room, however it is proposed to be a part of teenagers’ section.
Teenagers’ room: A stylish room, referring to teenagers and young patients up to age 25. They can gather, play a game or watch a movie with their friends from outside in this room. Pool room: Accessed from teenagers’ unit, having a music library. Teenager’s unit serves as a social unit, without the sense of a hospital, gives the children possibility to keep on their usual activities.
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