Building to Heal

New Architecture for Hospitals

Edited by Tanja C. Vollmer Edited by Andres Lepik Edited by Lisa Luksch Contributions by Ercan Altinsoy Contributions by David Freis Contributions by Michal Gath-Morad Contributions by Linus Hofrichter Contributions by Julia Kirch Contributions by Joy Knoblauch Contributions by Gemma Koppen Contributions by Lukas Kunz Contributions by Torsten Lange Contributions by Andres Lepik Contributions by Paul Lillrank Contributions by Helene M. Loos Contributions by Lisa Luksch Contributions by Reinhold Messner Contributions by Jonas Niemann Contributions by Beate Rössler Contributions by Lars Steffensen Contributions by Roger S. Ulrich Contributions by Tanja C. Vollmer Contributions by Marc Wittmann

Book cover: Building to Heal

Extent: 272 pages

Publisher: ArchiTangle GmbH

Subjects: Architecture

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2023)

ISBN: 9783966800242

8.27 x 10.83 inches

Price: $75.00

In stock

This book examines the hardships and challenges faced by the hospital system today, presenting innovative models and solutions in healthcare architecture. Through critical, scientifically based discourse, contributors examine healthcare systems and hospital architecture, and how architecture can contribute to the healing process of p


“Building to Heal: New Architecture for Hospitals” examines the hardships and major challenges faced by the hospital system today and presents innovative models and solutions in healthcare architecture. Through critical, scientifically based discourse, a variety of authors examine healthcare systems and hospital architecture, what hospitals are missing, and how architecture can contribute to the healing process of patients. The publication answers these questions in three comprehensive chapters based on the medical process: “Symptoms,” “Diagnosis,” and “Therapy.” The introductory section describes the symptoms of the “sick house” and spotlights the urgent need to take these problems seriously in the contexts of both society as a whole and architecture. In the second section, experts from psychology, medicine, and the related sciences, as well as from architectural theory and philosophy, take a diagnostic look at the complex causes that lead to the “diseased house.” The third section presents seven “active ingredients” or scientifically investigated environmental variables for successful therapy, incorporating tools from evidence-based design. Finally, thirteen international case studies show how the conscious use of environmental variables leads to a hospital architecture that promotes healing. Building to Heal: New Architecture for Hospitals bridges the gap between the ever-growing expertise on healthcare architecture and the urgent need for planners, politicians, and the public to pay attention to one of the most important issues in architecture today: health.

  • Edited by Tanja C. Vollmer
  • Edited by Andres Lepik
  • Edited by Lisa Luksch
  • Contributions by Ercan Altinsoy
  • Contributions by David Freis
  • Contributions by Michal Gath-Morad
  • Contributions by Linus Hofrichter
  • Contributions by Julia Kirch
  • Contributions by Joy Knoblauch
  • Contributions by Gemma Koppen
  • Contributions by Lukas Kunz
  • Contributions by Torsten Lange
  • Contributions by Andres Lepik
  • Contributions by Paul Lillrank
  • Contributions by Helene M. Loos
  • Contributions by Lisa Luksch
  • Contributions by Reinhold Messner
  • Contributions by Jonas Niemann
  • Contributions by Beate Rössler
  • Contributions by Lars Steffensen
  • Contributions by Roger S. Ulrich
  • Contributions by Tanja C. Vollmer
  • Contributions by Marc Wittmann