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Experts in architecture, architectural psychology, health economics, hospital planning and the history of medicine explore how healing architecture can be systematically developed and sustainably embedded in practice. Using a five step framework, they outline the key steps on the path toward healing architecture: Researching, Reforming, Planning, Detailing and Reflecting.
International case studies from ARGE Metron – Kopvol, Deubzer König Architekten, ARGE Herzog and de Meuron–Gruner, NORD Architects, Matteo Thun and Partners, and White Arkitekter complement the volume. These projects demonstrate the professional, planning and organizational conditions required for innovative healthcare environments to emerge.
Grounded in research yet firmly practice-oriented, this book is aimed at architects, planners, researchers, clients and decision-makers in healthcare. It shows how research, design and health policy must work together to drive the sustainable evolution of hospital design and make patients’ perceptions and experiences the benchmark for effective healthcare architecture.
With contributions by Stefan Gast, Melanie John, Andreas Schmid, Ramona Stein, Jochen Baierlein, David-Ruben Thiess, Linus Hofrichter, Julia Kirch, Mia Baarup Tofte, Frank Wiesemeyer, Christine Binswanger, David Freis, Hannelore Deubzner.
Stefan Gast: Foreword
Melanie John: Foreword
Gemma Koppen and Tanja C. Vollmer: Five Steps Toward Healing Architecture
Introduction
Researching
Tanja C. Vollmer and Gemma Koppen: From Research on the Vulnerable Bodies of the Twenty-First Century to a Paradigm Shift in Hospital Architecture and Planning
Arlesheim Clinic (Klinik Arlesheim)
ARGE (joint venture) Metron Architektur AG – Kopvol architecture & psychology
Reforming
Andreas Schmid, Ramona Stein and Jochen Baierlein: Redesigning and Collaboratively Planning Healthcare Infrastructures
Forest Clinic Eisenberg (Waldkliniken Eisenberg)
Matteo Thun & Partners
Planning
Linus Hofrichter and Julia Kirch: Taking Demands and Needs Seriously
Alzheimer’s Village Dax (Village Landais Alzheimer)
NORD Architects
Detailing
Frank Wiesemeyer: Trusting Proven Materials
University Children’s Hospital Zurich (Universitätskinderspital Zürich)
ARGE (joint venture) KISPI – HdM Basel Ltd. / Gruner AG, Basel
Reflecting
David Freis: Learning from the Past
Charité University Hospital Berlin, Virchow Campus (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum)
Deuber König Architekten GmbH
Acknowledgments
Image Credits
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