THE HEALING SEVEN
June 14, 2023 8:45 pm Leave your thoughtsFor more than 15 years, Gemma Koppen and Tanja C. Vollmer have been researching the influence of architecture on the... View Article
For more than 15 years, Gemma Koppen and Tanja C. Vollmer have been researching the influence of architecture on the... View Article
Against the background of the major challenges in our aging society, the compact congress “Architecture for the Senses” as part... View Article
Building to Heal: New Architecture for Hospitals examines the hardships and major challenges faced by the hospital system today and... View Article
Claudia Iovita, architect
Ipse de Bruggen is one of the largest caregivers in The Netherlands and cares for over 6,000 people with mental... View Article
Isabel Eggers, psychologist
Against the background of the major challenges in our aging society, the compact congress “Architecture for the Senses” as part... View Article
Architecture psychologist Tanja Vollmer is considered the pioneer of “supportive architecture”. For her, one thing is clear: buildings influence people’s... View Article
Why health is more than the absence of disease, why this affects almost all of us and what it has... View Article
This scoping review tries to identify available literature on the impact of built environments on health, behavior, and quality of... View Article
For several years now, the architectural journalist, Jeanette Kunsmann, has been dealing with the topic of healing architecture. In her... View Article
In SWR’s two-hour morning program, journalist and presenter Nicole Köster talks with Tanja C Vollmer about the pioneering work of... View Article
At the Building Research Project Days, the focus is on the exchange of information on current topics in building research.... View Article
ArchitektINNENwelten is a series of lectures and interviews by the Department of Architecture at Aachen University of Applied Sciences. Women... View Article
Gemma Koppen, Tanja C. VollmerArchitecture as second bodyA manual for evidence based design in health care architecture What spaces and... View Article
What is a parent-child patient? And why does the latter need a special architecture? In the nationwide study, “The Child... View Article
Can hospital architecture help healing and support health? The scientific findings to fundamentally answer these questions about the existence of... View Article
“Berlin is a publishing metropolis! This includes around fifty science and specialist publishers, which publish over 6,000 new publications every... View Article
The Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology is the largest pediatric cancer center in Europe. As a reference center for... View Article
In a review article, journalist Eva Kafke gives an impressive insight of how the integration of architectural psychology into the... View Article
The monthly magazine ‘Federal Health Bulletin – Health Research – Health protection’ covers all issues and areas that are dealt... View Article
As part of the Baden-Württemberg Housing Initiative and its component “Innovative Housing BW – Exemplary Projects,” the Ministry of Economics... View Article
Particularly in the healthcare sector, very specific requirements are demanded of architecture. The spectrum of uses and typologies in healthcare... View Article
“Health is an investment in future. Worldwide, triggered by the COVID 19 pandemic, there is a “deep concern that leaders... View Article
In Waldstadt, a residential district in Karlsruhe located on the edge of the forest, the VOLKSWOHNUNG housing association owns 29... View Article
In hardly any other field of medicine has such ground breaking progress been made in recent years as in oncology.... View Article
The exhibition, curated by ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, presents exemplary built projects and outstanding conceptual models by architects and... View Article
Hospitals have to meet high standards of hygiene and efficiency – but there is more to recovery than just that,... View Article
No visit to the doctor without waiting. What happens to us in the process? What influence does the environment have?... View Article
For decades, Thieme Publishers, as a leading medical publisher, has been dedicated to conveying specialist knowledge from and to science... View Article
Under the title Architectural Psychology – Definition and Existence in Science and Practice, experts and scientists from Germany and abroad... View Article
A portrait by Sigrid Lauff about architectural psychologist Tanja C. Vollmer. “She sees our houses, apartments and hospitals with different... View Article
As in many other European countries, the Swiss hospital landscape is currently undergoing major transformation. It is experiencing a construction... View Article
The impact of the environment on people with disabilities in long-term care is particularly severe, as they have limited capacity... View Article
Bed terminals, dreary views, confinement: anyone who is admitted to hospital often finds oneself in a depressing environment. That affects... View Article
The exhibition, curated by ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, presents exemplary built projects and outstanding conceptual models by architects and... View Article
Tanja C Vollmer, Gemma Koppen & Ulrich Keilholz present the results of their empirical clinical pilot study ‘Raum für Nähe... View Article
As part of the Annual Architecture Exhibition of the Technical University of Munich, the faculty’s own Internet TV channel AJA... View Article
In 1921, a courageous, open-minded and socially committed physician carries out her decision to “found a small clinic”. She is... View Article
The Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology is the largest pediatric cancer center in Europe. As a reference center for... View Article
The Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCCC) is the central coordination facility for interdisciplinary oncological patient care, translational research and training-... View Article
In 2019, the EU-funded Bauhow5 initiative of the five leading architecture faculties in Europe is organising design dialogues at all... View Article
Background: For people with a disability who are in long-term care, the impact of the built environment on their whole... View Article
In May 2019 Prof. Dr. Tanja C. Vollmer moves into the Oskar von Miller Excellence Forum in Munich as Scientist... View Article
The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts was established as a non-profit organization in 1999 by the Founder, Gloria Carr. The... View Article
Half a year before the outbreak of the corona virus in Germany, we discuss what at the time of this... View Article
BackgroundThe Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCCC) is the central coordinating institution for interdisciplinary oncological patient care, translational research as well... View Article
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague investigates and, where justified, brings to justice persons indicted for the most... View Article
The ‘Clinic for Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Palliative Medicine, Infectiology and Tropical Medicine’ at München Klinik Schwabing treats about 4,500 patients... View Article
In her contribution ‘Form Follows Needs’ Tanja C. Vollmer takes a critical look at the DesignBuild method from the perspective... View Article
In insightful examples of architecture of health care facilities and hospitals from past and present, architectural psychologist Tanja C. Vollmer... View Article
In a festive setting and with strict etiquette, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened the world’s first children’s oncology competence... View Article
If our environment, buildings and cities, even hospitals, cause stress that makes us ill, can architecture be used to prevent... View Article
The course “Urban Psychology” provides empirically based insights into the perception of the built environment in cities and the resulting... View Article
The University Children’s and Youth Hospital in Freiburg treats 75,000 CAYA (children, adolescents and young adults) of different entities every... View Article
The University Children’s and Youth Hospital in Freiburg treats 75,000 CAYA (children, adolescents and young adults) of different entities every... View Article
“The book is the cornerstone of modern architectural psychology”, architecture critic and author Charles Jencks states in 2012 in his... View Article
As part of the series of architectural discussions “Architecture after 5”, Prof. Tanja C. Vollmer speaks on hospital design ‘Healthcare... View Article
KPN Group Belgium, today BASE, a daughter company of the Dutch telecommunications group Koninklijke KPN, is a network provider in... View Article
In 1996, the South Holland Representation decided to build a new administration campus in The Hague. The office building from... View Article
Under the motto ‘Hospitals rethought’, doctor and journalist Horst Groß compiles new concepts, scientific findings and expert assessments in his... View Article
When we fall ill, the rooms in which we feel comfortable also change. Architectural psychologist Tanja Vollmer on the house... View Article
The Slingeland Hospital is located in the Netherlands near the border to Germany and meets the challenge of a trans-... View Article
Grenzgänger (Borderliners) is the name of the exhibition at the Goethe-Institute in Rotterdam, where invited artists and architects present their... View Article
In her lecture at the TU Berlin, architect Gemma Koppen calls for a rethinking of design theory and architectural research,... View Article
For the third time the International Congress on Healthcare Design takes place. Challenges for an ageing society is one of... View Article
If you risk everything to realize your vision of a psychologically informed architecture, you should set the first design challenge... View Article
The success of the Dutch creative industries is characterized by their willingness to cooperate. In 2016, we make use of... View Article
In insightful examples from the past and present of architecture of health care facilities and hospitals, architectural psychologist Tanja C.... View Article
Do people who are diagnosed with cancer with good chances of recovery still feel close to death? And what does... View Article
Industrially manufactured houses enable people with medium and low income to realize the dream of owning their own home. In... View Article
We build clinics for people who are ill, so that they can get well without complications. This is just one... View Article
After the International Criminal Court in The Hague started its activities at the new location in 2005, the high-security building... View Article
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, headquartered in Basel, is the world’s largest pharmaceutical company with – converted – sales of almost... View Article
In the series ‘architecture and psychology’, the technical university of delft compiles lectures and workshops that present the potential and... View Article
In the section ‘Philosophy of our time’ Tanja C. Vollmer explains what surrounding spaces, houses and cities have to do... View Article
Can architecture offer care or even bring about healing? Under the title ‘Placebo Architecture’, the Dutch Architecture Institute NAI is... View Article
The number of e-health consultations in the medical and psychological field is constantly increasing. People search the internet for medical... View Article
The Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology is the largest pediatric cancer center in Europe. As a reference center for... View Article
University of Applied Sciences Breda is a medium-sized, state-financed higher education institution. More than 7,000 Dutch and international students from... View Article
It is undisputed that built environments have an impact on people. While we feel comfortable in some, we are repelled... View Article
It is undisputed that built environments have an impact on people. While we feel comfortable in some, we are repelled... View Article
With more than 10,000 employees and a world-wide recognition in cancer treatment and cancer research, the Erasmus University Hospital is... View Article
In this year’s advanced educational program of the Dutch Forum for Architecture and Urban Development, FASadE, architect Gemma Koppen reflects... View Article
Can colors heal? Clinical studies to test medications are standard – but the effect that colors can have on recovery... View Article
In Germany, the structural shortage of space in acute care hospitals has been a problem for years. All disciplines therefore... View Article
‘Architectural perception and the experience of stress of the severely and chronically ill’ is the book contribution by Tanja C.... View Article
Where is the influence of kopvol particularly strong in this design?Tanja Vollmer and Gemma Koppen are familiar with the altered... View Article
After kopvols’ film presentation of their observations in Dutch cancer clinics at the end of the empirical research project ‘Architecture... View Article
Similar to most Central European countries, the Dutch university excellence centers for cancer care have become structurally outdated and must... View Article
At the beginning of their reading tour through Germany and the Netherlands, Gemma Koppen and Tanja C. Vollmer present their... View Article
Years before the founding of Kopvol, Tanja C. Vollmer noticed in her clinical work with cancer patients that the changes... View Article
“We feel that we have lost control over how our architecture is experienced by its users,” this year’ s organizers... View Article
Due to the high burnout rates of oncology professionals in private practices, Kopvol examines the architecture of 20 different oncology... View Article
At the opening of their first studio in Rotterdam, Gemma Koppen and Tanja Vollmer welcome the visitors with a glass... View Article
Architect Gemma Koppen, currently visiting professor at the chair of design and construction at the Technical University of Munich, founded... View Article
Prof. Dr. Tanja C. Vollmer teaches architectural psychology at the TU Berlin. Her area of expertise: health care buildings. In... View Article
If our environment, buildings and cities, even hospitals cause stress that makes us sick, can architecture be used to prevent... View Article
When our environment, buildings and cities, even hospitals cause stress which makes us ill, can architecture then be used to... View Article
The way we live influences our psychological well-being. Often small changes are enough to make us feel better. In an... View Article
This article reports on the healing success of science-based architecture for children’s and youth clinics. Against the background of the... View Article
This article reports on the healing success of knowledge/science-based architecture for children’s and youth clinics. Against the background of the... View Article
Qualitative spatial concepts (QRs) are an important addition to the conventional room program of a new building. They ensure that... View Article
Qualitative spatial concepts (QRs) are an important addition to the conventional room program of a new building. They ensure that... View Article
Sophia Klinkenberg, architect
Gultida Maheewong, architect
Theresa Manges, psychologist
The clients had bought a, what used to be, holiday house with a thatch roof and an adjacent garage in... View Article
The client -amongst many things a sun abider- envied the sun in the neighbour’s garden early February each year. So... View Article
Alejandro Soriano Herrera, architect
Kathleen Henke, psychologist
Pablo Fernandez Ortiz, architect
Christine Vriesema, architect
Sonja Dietz, architect
Ugo Cerri, architect
Evelyn Petcu, architect
In 2013, the University Hospital Freiburg commissions the development of evidence-based design criteria and Qualitative Spatial Concepts (QRs) for the... View Article
Wing Ni-Lam, architect
Qualitative spatial concepts (QRs) are an important addition to the conventional room program of a new building. They ensure that... View Article
Qualitative spatial concepts (QRs) are an important addition to the conventional room program of a new building. They ensure that... View Article
Qualitative spatial concepts (QRs) are an important addition to the conventional room program of a new building. They ensure that... View Article
Eight years before the current Corona crisis, the book ‘Socially responsible corporate action in turbulent times’ by economics professor Teun... View Article
Grenzgänger (border crossers) is a book and exhibition of the same name at the Goethe-Institut in Rotterdam. Emigrated German artists... View Article
Gemma Koppen, the architect of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, explains how a parking garage can be turned... View Article
The International Criminal Court in The Hague shows how a parking garage can be turned into a high-security prison, two... View Article
In their book contribution, the authors Gemma Koppen and Tanja C. Vollmer clearly show that architecture, as the designer of... View Article
The results of the long-term Research by Design project ‘Architecture as 2nd Body’ will be published in a special issue... View Article
The Hedy d’Ancona Prize book is published every 2 years to mark the award of the prestigious architecture prize of... View Article
Do people who are diagnosed with cancer with good chances of recovery still feel close to death? And what does... View Article
The Hedy d’Ancona Prize book is published every 2 years to mark the award of the prestigious architecture prize of... View Article
Architecture as healing art: Developers of modern clinics and practices want to contribute to the recovery of patients. Healing Architecture... View Article
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