Designing for healing
Healthcare architecture
Wednesday 11 October 2023 6.30 - 8pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre | Burlington Gardens & digital livestream
£15 / £9 conc in person or £8 / £5 conc online
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Discover the ways good design can improve the healing process at this panel discussion, focusing on cutting-edge architectural projects by Herzog & de Meuron.
Join Christine Binswanger, architect and Senior Partner at Herzog & de Meuron; healthcare expert and former hospital director Henrik Schødts; and professor of surgical education Dr. Roger Kneebone for a discussion about the power of design to improve healthcare environments.
Irrespective of the specific form, Herzog & de Meuron extend the concept of the hospital as a purely medical tool to include comfort and livability, creating a place of holistic healing. The discussion will focus on several projects—REHAB Basel, a clinic for neurorehabilitation and paraplegiology; the New North Zealand Hospital in Hillerød, Denmark, currently under construction; and the soon-to-be-completed children’s hospital Zurich, among others.
In all projects, Herzog & de Meuron have expanded ways of thinking about how architecture can contribute to health. They have created institutions that are at the same time pleasant environments and highly functional for medical and non-medical professionals. REHAB and Universitäts-Kinderspital Zurich are both featured in our Herzog & de Meuron exhibition.
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About the speakers
Christine Binswanger joined Herzog & de Meuron in 1991 and has been a Partner since 1994. She is responsible for projects in different countries and typologies. The REHAB Basel, Clinic for Neurorehabilitation and Paraplegiology in Basel, and the new Kinderspital Zürich are examples of a number of hospital projects she has been involved in. She has also been in charge of an array of museum projects, including the expansion of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, USA; the Pérez Art Museum in Miami, USA, and the extension of the Musée Unterlinden in Colmar, France. Christine studied architecture at the ETH Zurich from 1984 to 1990 and received the Meret Oppenheim Prize in 2004 in recognition of her active leadership in the architecture and art community. In 2014, Herzog & de Meuron was the recipient of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for 1111 Lincoln Road, a project Christine was also in charge of.
Henrik Schødts is a recognised leader in innovation, healthcare and large transformation projects. He was the Project Director, Capital Region, responsible for the New North Zealand Hospital in Hillerød (DK), which is currently being built, and was designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Henrik is co-founder of Nordic Health Lab and was awarded Future50 by HIMSS within in healthcare, tech and innovation. Henrik is also the founder and CEO of the strategy + design consultancy not a box who supports governments, hospitals and private corporations in transformation.
Roger L Kneebone is Professor of Surgical Education and Engagement Science at Imperial College London. Since 2019 he has been the fourteenth Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy of Arts. In addition to his work with Imperial scientists and clinicians, Roger collaborates with the Victoria & Albert Museum, Science Museum, Natural History Museum and the Royal College of Art. He is a full member of the Art Workers Guild and in 2017 became the first Honorary Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Art School. Roger’s book Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery was published by Penguin in 2020 and his fortnightly iTunes podcast Countercurrent features exploratory conversations with unconventional people whose interests and careers cross traditional boundaries.
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