Ronald McDonald Family Room Nijmegen

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Ronald McDonald Family Room Nijmegen Wonderful setting for sick children and their parents

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Ronald McDonald Family Room Warmth and comfort in floating pebbles A warm and welcoming venue inside the Radboudumc Amalia Children’s Hospital. The new Ronald McDonald Family Room is called ‘The Pebble’.

The Family Room consists of futuristic-looking floating pebbles. The soft round shapes with funny eyes and cheerful interiors stimulate the senses of everybody, young and old.

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Sick children and their parents can retreat into

Being close to one another helps

a world of peace and privacy inside the Ronald McDonald Family Room of Amalia Children’s Hospital.

Having parents, brothers and sisters nearby has

Escaping from the hospital atmosphere and its

a positive effect on the wellbeing and recovery of

operations and examinations, they can enjoy a sense

children. The new Family Room offers a warm and

of comfort, safety and security. The entrance is

welcoming environment to come together. Anouar,

located on the second floor, right next to the nursing

father of Yanis, enjoys visiting the Family Room. “Our

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son has been admitted to NICU because he requires light therapy. The Family Room helps us forget

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everything, as weird as that sounds. At the same

has a positive effect on patient recovery, a so-called

time, I’m just a few steps away from Yanis.”

healing environment. This new Family Room at Amalia

The Pebble aligns with the redeveloped children’s

Children’s Hospital offers a welcoming, domestic

hospital, where everything revolves around family-

atmosphere for young patients and their families

integrated care. Nienke Plass-Verhagen, business

inside a medical facility.”

director of Radboudumc Amalia Children’s Hospital: “The focus of the redesign is to create a setting that

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Concept

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Three floating floors The shape and design of the new Family Room arouses

design is in perfect sync with the theme of ‘Theatre of

a sense of wonder and offers a pleasant distraction.

Nature’ at Amalia Children’s Hospital. It’s a combination

The Pebble consists of three levels connected by a

of openness and privacy. The Family Room is suspended

spiral staircase. In addition to the reception area

between two floors like a series of floating pebbles

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and a private space to pump breast, there are three

and stands out because of its rounded shapes. Inside,

cheerful seating areas, a play area and a kitchen. The

smooth transitions create cosy spaces full of intimacy

Family Room therefore offers a range of settings. EGM

and peace.” Interior architects Thoben & Minten

architect Daniel van den Berg: “The look and feel of this

elaborated the EGM concept for the spaces.

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THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RONALD MCDONALD FAMILY ROOM IN EUROPE Erny Boots, manager of Ronald McDonald Huis Nijmegen

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Long-cherished dream The Family Room is part of the Ronald McDonald

in the hospital that had become too cramped. The

House Nijmegen. It provides accommodation for

design stands out from a distance because visitors

parents, brothers and sisters of children who are

coming from the main entrance can see the suspended

admitted to the Radboudumc. Erny Boots, manager

pebbles from outside. This is the most beautiful Ronald

of the house in Nijmegen: “The new Family Room is

McDonald Family Room in Europe.”

a long-cherished dream and replaces the three units

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THE PEBBLE HAS TURNED OUT GREAT AND IS A VERY VALUABLE ADDITION THAT SUPPORTS THE WELLBEING OF OUR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING THEIR STAY AT OUR HOSPITAL Jan Peter Rake, medical director of Amalia Children’s Hospital

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Facts and numbers Client

Mechanical engineering consultant

Mechanical engineering systems

Radboudumc, Nijmegen

PBB Radboudumc, Nijmegen

Engie, Arnhem

Architect

Electro technical consultant

Electro technical systems

EGM architecten, Dordrecht

PBB Radboudumc, Nijmegen

Engie, Arnhem

Interior architect

Acoustic/building physics consultant

Size 124 m² bvo

EGM interieur, Dordrecht

Peutz, Zoetermeer

Design period 2018 - 2020

Thoben & Minten, Langenboom

Projectmanagement

Year of completion 2021

Project coordinator

2doubleyou, Veenendaal

Photography

PBB Radboudumc, Nijmegen

General contractor

Scagliola en Brakkee

Structural engineer

Jora Vision, Rijnsburg

Aronsohn Raadgevende Ingenieurs,

Cornelissen, Boekelsedijk

Rotterdam

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