Na pragu smrti: Idejna zasnova hospica na območju nekdanje Mestne otroške bolnišnice v Ljubljani

Zavec, Manuela (author), Perović, Vaso (mentor)

Paliativna oskrba, torej lajšanje simptomov terminalnih bolnikov in fizičnega, duhovnega ali psihičnega trpljenja, je bolnikova temeljna pravica. V Sloveniji še vedno nimamo sistemsko urejene paliativne oskrbe, še posebno pomanjkljiva pa je na ravni hospicev, ki so v tujini ena najbolj uveljavljenih in celovitih oblik spremljanja umirajočih in nudenja podpore njihovim svojcem. Trenutne kapacitete edinega hospica pri nas ne morejo ustrezno odgovoriti na naraščajoče potrebe po celostni obravnavi umirajočih. Magistrska naloga se loteva perečega vprašanja zasnove hospica, ki bi lahko naslovil ta manko. Pri projektu izhajam iz lastne izkušnje s smrtjo očeta in bivanjem v bolniški sobi na Ulici stare pravde in prevprašujem možne oblike kolektivnega bivanja znotraj institucije in se sprašujem, kako skozi oblikovanje prostora prisluhniti fizičnim, psihosocialnim in duhovnim potrebam umirajočih in njihovih svojcev? Hospic umestim v urbano okolje in tako povezujem njegove uporabnike z okolico in obratno; hospic postane del mestnega tkiva, raznolikost ambientov in njihov preplet tako znotraj stavbe kot na vrtu pa omogoča različne načine rabe vsem njegovim uporabnikom. Naloga odpira predvsem nova vprašanja, in sicer: Kako oblikovati hospic, da zagotavlja zasebnost umirajočim in je hkrati odprt javnosti? Kdaj je hospic prevelik? Kako organizirati bivalne enote, da zadostijo potrebam umirajočih in njihovih svojcev obenem? V kakšni stavbi si želim umreti? Kakšen naj bo hospic, da ni niti bolnišnica niti dom in je hkrati oboje? Kam umestiti hospic, da njegovi prebivalci - ki še živijo! - niso odrezani od sveta?

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: arhitektura, hospic, kolektivno bivanje, skupnost, vrt, Mestna otroška bolnišnica
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Organization: FA - Faculty of Architecture
• Year: 2024
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-155968
• Publication date in RUL: 25.04.2024

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: At death's door: Conceptual plan of a hospice in the area of the former City Children's Hospital inLjubljana

Abstract

Palliative care, i.e. the relief of terminal patients’ symptoms and physical, spiritual or psychological suffering, is a fundamental right. In Slovenia, palliative care is still not systematically regulated, and is particularly lacking in terms of hospice care, which is one of the most established and comprehensive forms of caring for the dying and providing support to their relatives. The current capacity of our only national hospice cannot cater to the growing need for integrated care for the dying. The Master’s thesis addresses the issue of designing a hospice that could address this shortfall. Drawing on my own experience of the death of my father and my stay in the hospital room at Ulica stare pravde, I question the possible forms of collective living within the institution and ask myself how to listen to the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the dying and their relatives through the design of the space? I place the hospice in an urban environment, linking its users to their surroundings and vice versa; the hospice becomes part of the urban fabric, and the variety of settings and their interplay, both within the building and in the garden, allow for different uses for all its users. The thesis raises new questions, in particular: how to design a hospice that ensures privacy for the dying while being open to the public? When is a hospice too big? How to organise the living units to meet the needs of the dying and their relatives at the same time? What kind of building do I want to die in? What kind of hospice should it be so that it is neither a hospital nor a home and it is both? Where should the hospice be located so that its residents - who are still alive! - are not cut off from the world?

• Keywords: architecture, hospice, collective living, community, garden, City Children’s Hospital