英國倫敦　皇家自由醫院：銘琪癌症支持中心

The Royal Free Hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) - one of the largest providers of cancer treatment in the UK and receives the most referrals for suspected cancer in London. To enable the best use of the center’s site within the hospital grounds, the ground-level footprint is small while the building expands as it rises. Outside is landscaped with both soft and hardscape areas and offers quiet seating as well as connecting to existing walkways on the hospital campus. The building is nestled into a planted garden designed by Martha Schwarz Partners. A roof garden also creates a serene enclosure for visitors.

此項目為倫敦皇家自由醫院的癌症支持中心，落址於Martha Schwarz Partners所設計的植物園中，為該城市最為繁忙的醫療機構。因占地面積較小，建築內部空間規劃隨樓層上升而擴大，以釋放地面空間，外觀亦因此呈現上寬下窄，旨於最大程度地利用基地面積，打造寬敞舒適的醫療場所。

The Centre contrasts with its hospital surroundings, drawing visitors in with an approachable and welcoming timber form. The exterior's curves evoke a calm and peaceful interior space that offers visitors a warm, private, and light-filled environment. Clad in ribbons of weathered timber panels that swell outward as the building rises. Double and triple-height glazing cut across the form ushering in light to the interiors. A Ripple Wall that runs along the perimeter of the site is inspired by serpentine walls. The arched curve is a structural yet beautiful form that creates a series of pockets that wrap the garden as the wall wriggles across the landscape. As the wall undulates across the site, small alcoves are created offering spots for people to sit alone or in small groups. Over time, the lush and colorful planting will spill over the walls softening the paths and private spaces.

有別於鄰近醫院瀰漫著冰冷嚴肅的氣息，設計團隊選用風化木板作為外牆，旨在利用其溫潤性質，營造親切熱情的接待氛圍；同時以蛇形牆為靈感，形塑波紋狀牆體，藉由優美的弧形起伏，於量體內部形成一個個凹槽空間，除了供人們獨坐或小聚，其線條亦勾勒出獨特的空間表情。且隨日光推移與變換，光線與植被相互交錯所形成之光影漫漫劃過牆面，映照入室內，為場域增添幾分柔和之餘，更使該醫療中心顯得寧靜祥和。

The design uses trees from the existing woodland to provide an intimate and soothing outdoor space where you are at once embraced and screened by planting. The garden draws inspiration from nearby Hampstead Heath to create a landscape that feels like a natural extension of the heath, wrapping and embracing the building with nature to create a safe and intimate place. The landscape has been designed to enhance biodiversity, with a green roof and a layered planting scheme that introduces flowering trees, wildflower meadow perennials, and grasses to attract birds, pollinators, and invertebrates.

此案因坐落於植物園中，因此周圍坐擁大量綠色植被，環繞的綠意更形成一處紓壓的戶外場域，並設置座位區亦與人行道相連。靜坐於該處，既可享與草樹相伴的愜意之情，亦有被遮蔽保護的踏實之感，因此無論是訪客、醫療人員，抑或是患者，皆能在此獲得安穩的力量。建築頂部的花園除了作為休憩場域，亦為多種藥草的生長園地。設計團隊以提高生物多樣性為宗旨，著手整體景觀規劃；除了打造綠色屋頂，更實施分層種植手法，並引入多樣植被，以吸引蜂蝶提升生物多樣性，為醫療中心注入一股蓬勃朝氣，使其不僅能給予生理上的醫療支持，更可帶來心理的療癒力量。

Principal Architects：Studio Libeskind (USA)

Structural Engineering：Expedition

Contractor：Sir Robert McAlpine

Building Area：454 ㎡

Location：London, United Kingdom

Photos：Hufton and Crow Photography

Text：Studio Libeskind