| dc.contributor.author | Berens, Gretta | |
| dc.description.abstract | Chronic disease represents the most extreme case of illness simply because it cannot
be taken away. Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) has remained primarily invisible from society,
forcing its 5 million patients to fluctuate between hospitals and clinics in search of facility
more attuned to the care they need. Taking lessons from the Greek theater and the catharsis
evoked by tragedies, the architecture is designed to treat the individual with care and go
beyond the over-sensitive, sterilized nature of healthcare architecture.
By evoking a deeply corporal experience, the Edgewater IBD Treatment Center, in
Chicago, Illinois, strives to attune inner and outer worlds in the patients progression towards
health. The sick individuals take their own path through the layers of clinical, public, and
private space. Weaves of ramps, veiled light, and earth’s darkness transport visitors through
the interior to the patient who rests amongst the twilight. The architecture, through its angled
and perplexing geometry, places the body in-between sky and ground and pain and comfort
causing one to be sensitive and aware to the visceral emotions within us. The center brings
the human body and its emotions back into the environments that are designed to heal them.
We may ask ourselves, “how can the physical environment aid in rediscovering the
equilibrium of health for individuals suffering from a chronic disease?” | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU Policy 190.6.2 | |
| dc.title | Viscera(l): Catharsis and the Treatment of Chronic Illness | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-12T19:35:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-05-12T19:35:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10365/26024 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Health facilities. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Irritable colon -- Treatment. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Edgewater (Chicago, Ill.) | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Chicago (Ill.) | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Illinois. | |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Architecture (MArch) | |
| ndsu.college | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | |
| ndsu.department | Architecture and Landscape Architecture | |
| ndsu.program | Architecture | |
| ndsu.advisor | Wischer, Stephen | |
| ndsu.award | Peter F. McKenzie Memorial Award for Architectural Design Finalist | |
