<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article discusses the concept of therapeutic garden— its definition and importance, — in the context of the specific architecture of sanatoria for the treatment of tuberculosis, in particular the case of Lisbon’s sanatoria from 1870 to 1970.</p><p>It contemplates both national and international networks of circulation and transfer of knowledge before and after the medical and architectural revolutions at the turn of the twentieth century. These revolutions were accompanied by significant changes in the city’s structure concerning the control of epidemics and social diseases. Architects and physicians, among other experts, are the main characters to be scrutinized, alongside with their architectural and scientific production and their entanglements. At the same time, I seriously take into consideration their interactions with the spheres of power, specifically in what relates to management and decision making.</p></abstract>

This article discusses the concept of therapeutic garden— its definition and importance, — in the context of the specific architecture of sanatoria for the treatment of tuberculosis, in particular the case of Lisbon’s sanatoria from 1870 to 1970.It contemplates both national and international networks of circulation and transfer of knowledge before and after the medical and architectural revolutions at the turn of the twentieth century. These revolutions were accompanied by significant changes in the city’s structure concerning the control of epidemics and social diseases. Architects and physicians, among other experts, are the main characters to be scrutinized, alongside with their architectural and scientific production and their entanglements. At the same time, I seriously take into consideration their interactions with the spheres of power, specifically in what relates to management and decision making.

Beyond White Architecture: Therapeutic gardens for patients with tuberculosis in the sanatoria of the Greater Lisbon area (1870-1970)

Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology

Gardens and Landscapes of Portugal

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This article discusses the concept of therapeutic garden— its definition and importance, — in the context of the specific architecture of sanatoria for the...

Beyond White Architecture: Therapeutic gardens for patients with tuberculosis in the sanatoria of the Greater Lisbon area (1870-1970)

Published Online: Jul 30, 2019

Page range: 39 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/glp-2019-0004

Keywords
Therapeutic garden, sanatoria, architecture, medicine, landscape architecture

© 2018 José Avelãs Nunes, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Beyond White Architecture: Therapeutic gardens for patients with tuberculosis in the sanatoria of the Greater Lisbon area (1870-1970)

Published Online: Jul 30, 2019

Page range: 39 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/glp-2019-0004

KeywordsTherapeutic garden, sanatoria, architecture, medicine, landscape architecture

© 2018 José Avelãs Nunes, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Therapeutic garden, sanatoria, architecture, medicine, landscape architecture