Overview

_{Radio Pavilion Dr. Mário Neves © Mário Novais (1899-1967).
Undated photograph. Produced during the activity of Estúdio Mário Novais: 1925-1985 [CFT003.62558]
Photograph from the Art Library - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation}

The aim of this international seminar is to bring studies of the history of the hospital to the present day and projecting the future, through its specific relationship with health spaces, whether they are a “Maggie’s Centre” or a “third-generation” health centre. The urban placement of hospitals or health facilities, in their proximity to neighbourhood facilities, inserts this daily proximity of the facility into the network of activities and leisure and health spaces, such as the swimming pool or the gym. A strong recent trend towards the deinstitutionalization of some hospital facilities, such psychiatric hospitals or maternity wards, calls into question the fate and necessary conservation of hospital assets. It also allows other forms of conservation and critical reuse of its monoliths, deconstructing the power strategies that gave rise to it.

Debating new urban health spaces – spaces for physical exercise and mental health such as the urban park, the green corridor, the bike path, but also relaxation spaces such as the spa, the viewpoint on the dune walkway, the mountain trail, in short, mental health spaces and devices – thus allows a different framework for the study of old facilities. It expands the field of observation of historical devices for combating disease through the study of their location, the design of outdoor spaces and programmes that are not confined to functional prescriptions, leading to the V International Seminar on the History of Hospital Architecture the Landscapes of Healing in Hospital Heritage.

Organization

Advisory Committee
Alessandra Capuano, Alícia Campos, Ana Amora, Ana Paula Santana, Ana Raquel Matos, Ana Tostões, Antonieta Reis Leite, Gonçalo Canto Moniz, João Arriscado Nunes, José António Bandeirinha, Lilia González, Maria Manuel Oliveira, Marta Oliveira, Pedro Iglesias Picazo, Ricardo Jerónimo, Silvia Portugal, Tiago Pires Marques, Renato Gama-Rosa Costa.

Scientific Committee
Adriana Ruiz, Ana Amora, Antonio Coello, Antonio Rodriguez, Carlos Eduardo Nieto, Carolina Brasileiro, Claudio Galeno, David Zarate Weber, Daniela Arnaut, Ibaceta, Gabriela Campari, José Carlos Avelãs Nunes, Lilia González, Lourdes Diaz,
Patrícia Ferreira, Paulo Providência, Renato Gama-Rosa Costa, Roberto Balmaceda, Tiago Castela

Executive committee
Carolina Brasileiro, Daniela Arnaut, José Carlos Avelãs Nunes, Patrícia Ferreira, Paulo Providência.

Registration Information

16 MAY - 2 JULY 2023: Early bird registration
3 JULY - 15 JULY 2023: Late bird registration

· General (regular participant) 60€ early bird (before July 2nd) / 80€ late bird (until July 15th)
· Communication by poster €100 early bird (before July 2nd) / €120 late bird (until July 15th)
· Oral communication €100 early bird (before July 2nd) / €120 late bird (until July 15th)
· Consultative, scientific and executive commissions do not pay for registration in the seminar
· Members of the network who do not belong to the committees indicated above must pay the registration fee (general or with poster or oral communication, as applicable)
· Registration for visits is mandatory (participants, network, organization)
· Visit to Condeixa: requires registration; minimum and maximum number (15) of participants; price to be established according to the budget to be obtained for transport. ^_[+]
· Visit to Covilhã: registration required; it is mandatory for members of the Network; minimum and maximum number (15) of participants; price to be established according to the budget to be obtained for transport. ^_[+]

^{_{[+] The value of the selected visit(s) is added to the seminar registration fee}}