Article source: OMA

The aim of a Maggie’s is to provide an environment of practical and emotional support for people with cancer, their families and friends. Since the opening of the first Maggie’s in Edinburgh in 1996, the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres foundation has grown substantially, commissioning and developing a series of innovative buildings designed by world class architects. While contemporary architecture has a reputation, deservedly or not, for being at times cold or alienating, the goal of each Maggie’s – whether in Glasgow, London, or Hong Kong – is to provide a space where people feel at home and cared for, a space that is warm, receptive, and welcoming.

Image Courtesy Philippe Ruault

• Architects: OMA
• Project: Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres
• Location:Glasgow, Scotland
• Client: Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust
• Status: Completed September 2011
• Site: A green knoll on the grounds of Gartnavel Hospital.
• Program: 534 m2 comprising counseling rooms, sitting rooms, offices and a large multi-purpose space.
• Partners in charge: Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon
• Associate in charge: Richard Hollington III
• Photography: Philippe Ruault
• Team: Atsuo Arii, Josh Beck, Alexander Giarlis, Stephen Hodgson, Takuya Hosokai, Maria-Chiara Piccinelli, Koen Stockbroekx

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