On October 12, 2023, PSYCH.RAUM partners Dr. Martin Voss (Charité/Berlin) and Jason Danziger (thinkbuild architecture BDA/Berlin) had the honour of giving a joint lecture in the Faculty Club (zaal Lemaire) of the Groot Begijnhof – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – at the University of Leuven in Belgium. The lecture, entitled "Architectuur en psychiatrie” (Architecture and Psychiatry), was the first of five training evenings for doctors and paramedics for the 2023-2024 academic year continuuing education programme. After an introduction by Prof. Filip Bouckaert, Medical Director of the UPC KU Leuven, we discussed questions such as: What is the impact of hospital infrastructure on wellbeing? How can architecture reduce aggression? And how can it promote interaction between staff, patients and society? The lecture was followed by a discussion (Q&A) chaired by Koen Coomans, architect and visiting professor at the KU Leuven Department of Architecture, Research & Design.
More information about the lecture can be found here, including a webinar.
The lecture was in English.
Photograph: Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer), via Wikimedia Commons