Rehabilitating the Hospital

Harvard GSD

The studio tackles the pressing need to rethink and repurpose the machine-like hospital building constructed in the decades following World War II. In America alone, thousands of these buildings were built following the passage of the 1947 Hill-Burton Act. These structures, once at the forefront of clinical architecture, have become outdated as medical practice and technology have progressed and hospital design has evolved to prioritize patient-centered care, new technical standards, and…