RÖDEBY Care home, 48 units, Karlskrona (2018-21, built)

On a plot next to a decommissioned city hall from the 1950s, a new care home has been built. The project adapts to its settings with the use of pitched roofs and intricate brick patterns. However, the central preoccupation of the project is to provide a sense of spatial richness to the inhabitants, most of whom will end their lives there in a place not fully of their choosing. This search for dignity and experiential variation is developed through an intricate plan with courtyards, loggias and ambulatory spaces, both within and between the wards.

Winner, Best Architects 23 Award, 2022, Germany

Photography: Johan Dehlin