Eylers, EC;
(2011)
Hygiene and health in modern urban planning - The Sanatorium and its role within the Modernist Movement.
Doctoral thesis , Architectural Association / Open University.
Abstract
The thesis looks at the ways in which the spatial organization and architecture of the tuberculosis sanatorium, which emerged as a distinct medical institution in Europe in the 19th century developed over time. The main question centres on the migrations of the programmatic typology of the sanatorium, its engagement with the city and its instrumental role in the debates on the planning of the modern city. Using this specific building type as an analytical device, and considering the medical and psychological conditions posed by the modern metropolis - of which the sanatorium is a product of and a response – this research discusses how the tuberculosis sanatorium provided a cure not only against TB, but against diseases associated with the experience of the city. The research is approached through a number of case studies (the Zonnestraal sanatorium, Netherlands; the Paimio sanatorium, Finland; but especially the Beelitz Heilstaetten, Germany) in order to investigate both the development of the building type and the design and the reality of the built form. The status of the human body within the institution is specifically questioned and the body thus becomes an instrumental category and a means through which to discuss and investigate architectural debates and strategies in modern urban planning.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Title: | Hygiene and health in modern urban planning - The Sanatorium and its role within the Modernist Movement |
| Event: | Architectural Association / Open University |
| Keywords: | Sanatorium, Tuberculosis, Paimio, Beelitz Heilstätten, City, Hygiene |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1533058 |
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