Meta-project of University hospital in Trnava

We feel that architecture design and the general atmosphere of spacec has great influance on human being as well as human has influence on architecture its own. This thesis is presenting architectural research of hospital design and other branches of knowledge that can bring new design solutions to the Future Hospital in Trnava. In this paper I study several case studies to understand all the aspects for hospital planning and its complex design. Review of the major typologies helped me develope the right stratedy for the design proposal. The health facilities in 21st century look for the humanized standards of health environment and able to perform its functions in an effective and dignified way with the user. In January 2017 I went to visit my family member in the hospital in Trnava. We were able to walk around the site of the hospital but since he was in psychiatry departmnet he was not permitted to cross hospital walls. Hence the walk we took was limited to the still same environment. For someone to be hospitalised for more weeks the space he or she stays in, can be high influencive. I immediatelly noticed there is something strange in this hopsital. Large area and long distances between buildings that were connected only by exterier foot on demolished walkways. Entrance through two almost symetric single-storey buildings that looks rather like garages was the first surprise. Psychiatry department was the in the next row of buildings. Together with oncology department they occupy one of the oldest buildings. I noticed old industrial building with chimney enriching the space of the industrial element. There was a postmodern chapel hidden behind gas house. The large modular buildings in a distance uncover another communist historical layer. In the very back of the hospital area are situated buildings processing the waste of the hospital and other private buildings that seem to be empty. Whole area is very segmented and makes one confused, disoriented. I wonder how elderly inpatients find their way back to the departnemnt they stay in. In the time i happened to visit the site of the hospital i was deciding the theme of my final thesis project. I took this theme as an opportunity to learn somehing new and hopefully be helpful for the hospital with new vision for the hospital site. Also I didnt want to stay in theoretical level with study project. I tried to integrate into hospital as much as possible. I visited the site many times and spoke to the workers, patients, visitors. They all seemed to be deprived by the hospital environment. They couldn’t find any kind words. As in all slovakian hospitals, the conditions are poor and the best stuff choose to work abroad. We lack of research centers and other activities supporting hospital funtions. The space is just to exist, not to live. I decited to be acivte and create space to live in the hospital. Together with some help of landscape architecture students we proposed a plan for healing garden next to the pavilion of psychiatry depatment. The project got possitive feedback from hospital head office and we created contruct between the activist group and the hospital. From the august 2019 we began realisation of healing garden. Together with the research work for my thesis I was able to learn much about trends in hospital design and applied it to my work on the both Meta-project of University Hospital in Trnava and therapeutic garden The Garden of the New Beginnings.