Today, the healthcare sector is running at full tilt. It makes one think about the buildings in which patients and care staff spend most of their time. What makes good healthcare architecture? Due to the specific requirements and conditions of the users, this is the sector – above all others – that requires architecture to be human and to prioritise the qualitative use of space. The Flanders Architecture Institute has delved into its collection and the buildings database to reveal a wealth of inspiring examples, both past and present.
The buildings database, which is compiled by the Flanders Architecture Institute, provides an extensive overview of recent projects, both national and international, by architects from Flanders and Brussels. The online database contains hundreds of buildings, all of which are richly illustrated and documented with texts, plans and project details... Here, you will find some forty buildings that fall under the heading of ‘healthcare architecture’, ranging from care homes to psychiatric clinics.
Consult our online collection and discover almost a century of healthcare architecture – from the first ‘modern’ hospitals built at the end of the nineteenth century to the suburban healthcare complexes of the 1960s and 1970s – as told through a selection of drawings and photographs. Medical advances and new ideas about health and hygiene have had a profound impact on these kinds of buildings. But architectural ideologies and theories have also played a role in their development.
Consult our online collectionarchitecten de vylder vinck taillieu were invited by the Biennale Architettura 2018 to present the project CARITAS as part of the general theme ‘FREESPACE’. This project was realized in a remarkable collaboration with commissioner KARUS, who was heavily involved in the process, and with the guidance of BAVO, an independent research office focused on the political and socio-economic aspects of art, architecture and spatial planning. Participation was the key to this project, in which everyone involved became a co-creator. This publication is a production of the Flanders Architecture Institute and forms a next step for the project, which is continuously looking for new insights in the use of space for care – whichever way it goes.
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