LHtwo (main office)
Muehleweg 57
3280 Murten, Switzerland
T: +41 (0)79 4468424
LHtwo (branch)
Herenweg 165
2465 AH Rijnsaterwoude
the Netherlands
T: 0031 172 50 00 97
Embrace Plan for Red Cross Hospital Beverwijk
Investment: 100 million €
Key data: 30.000 m2
Period: 2008 - 2009
The project for the new Red Cross Hospital concerns a development of 30.000 m2.and an investment budget of 100 million Euro.
LH2 developed an entire embrace plan where business design surrounds building design.The philosophy is to enable a hospital with a significantly higher operational efficiency.The efficiency requirements are integrated in the planning steps of the embrace plan in order to allow a maximum design support for best performance output.
Departmental definitions and allocations are made not just from the perspective of short distances but especially from the viewpoint of optimal use of staff resources.
Contact
Tom Guthknecht
E: tom.guthknecht@LHtwo.com
M: +41 79 4468424
Tom Guthknecht has worked during the last 20 years in health and hospitality planning and was leading major projects in Europe and Asia/Pacific. Tom is currently involved in large international health and hospitality projects with special focus on sustainable development. He is member of various institutions such as the International Commission of Occupational Health. He is also the Founder and President of LHtwo, Lausanne Health and Hospitality Group.
Tom is lecturer for Health Facility Design at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich (ETHZ) and has taught as professor functional design, creativity and innovation and health& hospitality at EHL and GIHE both on undergraduate and graduate level. He has also a range of other teaching activities at various institutions. His research focus is on Integral Process Design in health and hospitality facilities. He is a graduate of Karlsruhe Technical University in Architecture (Dipl.Arch.) and holds an M.A from University of North London (Health Facility Planning) a PhD from University of Stuttgart (Hygiene Planning for Hospital Architecture) and a habilitation (post-doc research) from ETHZ.