Tradition and modernity in upgrading the new "Meyer" Children Hospital in Florence.
The article intends to illustrate the methodology and the design experience by which the architectural team (C.S.P.E.--Florence + Anshen and Allen--San Francisco) has succeeded in satisfying the competition requirements proposing a balanced combination of a totally new block strictly integrated with the upgraded existing building. Specific emphasis has been attributed to the environmental performances of interior and exterior spaces in order to create a facility characterized by "children dimension". The presence of a monumental garden area, all around the building, has been used as a generator-input of the functional organization and, in this sense, has resulted particularly successful for the Public Client Organization.
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University of Florence.
D001108:Architecture; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology; D006804:Ergonomics; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D007558:Italy