Spaces for Mourning in the 20th Century Verona’s Hospitals: the Evolution of Design

Spaces for Mourning in the 20th Century Verona’s Hospitals: the Evolution of Design

The history of hospitals is related to institutional care and is one of the most interesting chapters of the twentieth-century urban events in Verona (Italy). The current Hospital of Borgo Trento was before built in 1914 as Children’s Alessandri Hospital; in 1942 it was transformed and it expanded t...

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Main Author: Valeria Rainoldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2018-07-01
Series:In_Bo
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Verona, Ospedale per Bambini Alessandri, Nuovo centro ospedaliero
Istituto Anatomo-patologico
Camera mortuaria
Online Access:https://in_bo.unibo.it/article/view/7869
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spelling doaj-921d1ed9e254493ca34c35fce4e52ea72020-11-24T21:17:49ZengUniversity of BolognaIn_Bo2036-16022018-07-0181213415010.6092/issn.2036-1602/78697008Spaces for Mourning in the 20th Century Verona’s Hospitals: the Evolution of DesignValeria Rainoldi0Università di TrentoThe history of hospitals is related to institutional care and is one of the most interesting chapters of the twentieth-century urban events in Verona (Italy). The current Hospital of Borgo Trento was before built in 1914 as Children’s Alessandri Hospital; in 1942 it was transformed and it expanded to grow into the New Hospital Centre. The competition for the Children’s Alessandri Hospital, announced in 1904, was won by architect Giovanni Tempioni, who considered essential for the new hospital a “mortuary room and an anatomical room for cadaveric lessons”. Relevant was the evolution of design for the Pavilion of reception, study and management of death in the New Hospital Center, built by the engineer Pio Beccherle. The Anatomo-pathological Institute became independent, innovative and technologically modern.https://in_bo.unibo.it/article/view/7869Verona, Ospedale per Bambini Alessandri, Nuovo centro ospedalieroIstituto Anatomo-patologicoCamera mortuaria
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Spaces for Mourning in the 20th Century Verona’s Hospitals: the Evolution of Design
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Verona, Ospedale per Bambini Alessandri, Nuovo centro ospedaliero
Istituto Anatomo-patologico
Camera mortuaria
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title Spaces for Mourning in the 20th Century Verona’s Hospitals: the Evolution of Design
title_short Spaces for Mourning in the 20th Century Verona’s Hospitals: the Evolution of Design
title_full Spaces for Mourning in the 20th Century Verona’s Hospitals: the Evolution of Design
title_fullStr Spaces for Mourning in the 20th Century Verona’s Hospitals: the Evolution of Design
title_full_unstemmed Spaces for Mourning in the 20th Century Verona’s Hospitals: the Evolution of Design
title_sort spaces for mourning in the 20th century verona’s hospitals: the evolution of design
publisher University of Bologna
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publishDate 2018-07-01
description The history of hospitals is related to institutional care and is one of the most interesting chapters of the twentieth-century urban events in Verona (Italy). The current Hospital of Borgo Trento was before built in 1914 as Children’s Alessandri Hospital; in 1942 it was transformed and it expanded to grow into the New Hospital Centre. The competition for the Children’s Alessandri Hospital, announced in 1904, was won by architect Giovanni Tempioni, who considered essential for the new hospital a “mortuary room and an anatomical room for cadaveric lessons”. Relevant was the evolution of design for the Pavilion of reception, study and management of death in the New Hospital Center, built by the engineer Pio Beccherle. The Anatomo-pathological Institute became independent, innovative and technologically modern.
topic Verona, Ospedale per Bambini Alessandri, Nuovo centro ospedaliero
Istituto Anatomo-patologico
Camera mortuaria
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