− Navy Pier_James Corner Field Operations
− MECA, Cultural Center in Bordeaux_BIG
− 7 Screen Pavilion Cannes_OMA
Archipulse
Digging Deep
Digging Deep _ Alison Killing
− Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 _ Herzog & de Meuron+Ai Weiwei
New Hospital(ity)
Healing the Future _ Andrew Tang
− Haraldsplass Hospital _ C.F. Møller Architects
− Rigshospital Expansion _ 3XN
− Zurich Children’s Hospital _ Herzog & de Meuron
− Santa Lucia University General Hospital _ Casa Solo Arquitectos
− Akershus University Hospital _ C.F. Møller Architects
− Granollers Hospital Extension _ Pinearq
− Institute of Advanced Medical Techniques, Hospital in Seville _ MGM Arquitectos
− Rey Juan Carlos Hospital _ Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos
Public Safety
Neo Civic _ Simone Corda
− 112 Emergency Building in Reus _ ACXT Architects
− Zagreb Emergency Terminal _ Katušic Kocbek Arhitekti/Produkcija 004
− Saint-Denis Police Station _ X-TU Architects
− Police Station in Seville _ Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos
− Manzanares Police Station _ Estudio Lamazeta
− Bergen Main Fire Station _ Stein Halvorsen AS Sivilarkitekter MNAL
− In the Rock, Margreid Fire Brigade _ Bergmeister Wolf Architekten
STEVEN HOLL
A New Contextualism on Steven Holl’s Recent Museums _ Human Wu
− City of Ocean and Surf
− Nanjing Sifang Art Museum
− SungBuk Gallery
C3 no.336 (2012 #8/12)
New Hospital(ity)
Healing the Future _ Andrew Tang
In the course of the last decade, the way in which hospitals and the medical sector operate has gone through a dramatic change. In many countries, especially in Europe, hospitals that were traditionally state-funded have become more competitive and are more specialized as privatization slowly takes place. For many, the treatment of the patient is no longer the only focus, but the (spatial) experience of the customer is becoming just as important. For other hospitals, it is to their interest of having an efficient space and procedures for a more rapid “turn-over”, keeping the patient’s treatment and experience smooth but period of stay, and costs, down. In other places, it is the medical interest of having a “well-being environment” that has changed the hospital’s attitude in re-organizing their spaces as patients appreciate more and more the human approach that heals and reduces anxiety. In addition, almost all new hospital designs adopt the global responsibility and strategies of reducing carbon emissions and long-term sustainability. All of these reasons not only influence the architecture in hospitals itself but also the design for its surrounding context in landscape and the public realm. Architecture responds to all of these new tendencies in the medical world as designers rediscover in new hospitals the old Latin essence: hospitalis: being hospitable, friendly and welcoming.
C3 no.336 (2012 #8/12)
New Hospital(ity)
Healing the Future _ Andrew Tang
In the course of the last decade, the way in which hospitals and the medical sector operate has gone through a dramatic change. In many countries, especially in Europe, hospitals that were traditionally state-funded have become more competitive and are more specialized as privatization slowly takes place. For many, the treatment of the patient is no longer the only focus, but the (spatial) experience of the customer is becoming just as important. For other hospitals, it is to their interest of having an efficient space and procedures for a more rapid “turn-over”, keeping the patient’s treatment and experience smooth but period of stay, and costs, down. In other places, it is the medical interest of having a “well-being environment” that has changed the hospital’s attitude in re-organizing their spaces as patients appreciate more and more the human approach that heals and reduces anxiety. In addition, almost all new hospital designs adopt the global responsibility and strategies of reducing carbon emissions and long-term sustainability. All of these reasons not only influence the architecture in hospitals itself but also the design for its surrounding context in landscape and the public realm. Architecture responds to all of these new tendencies in the medical world as designers rediscover in new hospitals the old Latin essence: hospitalis: being hospitable, friendly and welcoming.
