Paimio Sanatorium

precedents will be looked to help solve the design problems that where discussed in the previous chapter. These will direct the facilities design in both concept development as well as space layout. The first of the historical precedents is the Paimio Sanatorium which was designed with the user of the space at the forefront of the design process. Secondly the church of light uses that element to create a comfortable and ethereal space for the end users. The third is the city of culture which allows for

of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Friedrich Nietzsche and many others, Thomas Mann emerges as a powerful author in the movement of modernism. Mann writes The Magic Mountain describing the journey of Hans Castorp in the Swiss Alps where he stays at a sanatorium treating those with tuberculosis. He writes this novel as not as the story of Hans Castorp, but rather focusing on Hans Castorp’s journey, as Thomas Mann implies in the foreword: “The story of Hans Castorp that we intend to tell here ̶ not for

tours. Many of the tales can be read about in Arcadia Publishing's book West Virginia Penitentiary by Jonathan D. Clemins. 3. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky Waverly Hills Sanatorium is one of the most frightening places on the planet. Designed as a place of hope for those with tuberculosis prior to the discovery of penicillin, the sanatorium became a place of agonizing death and suffering for tens of thousands who eventually succumbed to the disease that tore apart the body, infected