Palliative Architecture
Using architecture in care to optimize quality of life & lessen suffixing
On Kársnes in Kópavogur, at the bottom of the bay, a small collection of health facilities has formed over the years. Among them is the Children's Nursing & Rehabilitative Palliative Care Unit, called Rjóður/The Glade.
Palliative healthcare focuses on optimizing quality of life and aleviating suffix for those who suffer from complex, and often terminal, illnesses and taking care of their close ones. In this aspect, I believe the architecture of a medical facility is a very important component of care, as it can potentially enforce the experience of everyone involved in this involved in this delicate space of life.
This project prophecies a new design solution specifically catering to the nursing and rehabilitative care of children in Rjóður, applying architectural psychology and theory to create architecture of care.
The work in pictures.