The building is located at the foot of Ulriken Mountain, in front of the main hospital building (1940, architect Per Grieg), closer to the road, therefore a new lobby has been arranged there. The Möllendalselva River flows parallel to the road, and following the bend in its channel, the main façade of the new building bends. As in the old part, patients can admire the views of Bergen from the windows of the ward - and even if they cannot get up: the architects C. F. took care of the view from any position. Møller.
There are 170 rooms in the building, ¾ of them are single rooms. The hospital is deprived of its usual long corridors, replaced by a looser and more efficient layout around two atriums. One of them is "public", with a reception desk, a cafe, a shop, and a waiting area. The second is for patients and their visitors. This solution allowed the sun into the interior, made the orientation more convenient, and the volume of the building more compact. On a total area of 14,200 m2 there is also an emergency room.
The front of the building is sheathed with white fiber-reinforced concrete panels and oak wood. It is connected with the main building of the hospital by an overhead passage.
The hospital was founded by the Deaconess Haraldsplass religious foundation. She specializes in elderly patient care and palliative care. The new building was opened at the end of last year by Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
