Health at the core of Modern Movement Architecture

Authors

Jan Duiker and Bernard Bijvoet, Sanatorium Zonnestraal (the Dresselhuys Pavillion after restoration by Hubert-Jan Henket and Wessel de Jonge), Hilversum, The Netherlands, 1925-1931.
Docomomo Cure and Care

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https://doi.org/10.52200/62.A.6QVKSDMB

Published

2021-08-31

Issue

No. 62 (2020): Cure and Care

Section

Editorial

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Copyright (c) 2020 Ana Tostões

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How to Cite

Health at the core of Modern Movement Architecture. (2021). Docomomo Journal, 62, 2-3. https://doi.org/10.52200/62.A.6QVKSDMB

Keywords:

Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Modern housing

Abstract

Investigation into healthcare facilities involves dealing with multiple spheres beyond the technological, physical and psychological. Nowadays, the growing emphasis on wellbeing goes beyond the seminal ideas that modern buildings were cleansing machines, or that modern architecture and urbanism were shaped by bacteria. Presenting some stimulating philosophically-orientated essays, this journal makes a link between the Modern Movement and what we have entitled the “Cure and Care” concept, connecting health and the environment, body and design. Considering healthcare buildings and their role in the welfare policy of societies, the discussion addresses future challenges, driven by developments in technology and medicine, envisaging a key role for healthcare facilities in ensuring a sustainable built environment.

Author Biography

  • Ana Tostões, University of Lisbon

    Ana Tostões PhD is an architect, architecture critic and historian, and is president of Docomomo International and Editor of the Docomomo Journal (www.docomomo.com). Her mandate in Docomomo International, since 2010, has been marked by the transformation of the organisation into a truly worldwide network and the Docomomo Journal into the only international periodical which regularly provides a critical look at the contemporary context focused on a broad vision of the Modern Movement Architecture and its reuse. She is a Full Professor at Técnico, University of Lisbon, where she teaches Theory of Architecture and Critical History, and coordinates the Architectonic Culture research group.