psychiatric hospital

DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL AND URBANISTIC COMPLEX OF LVIV REGIONAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

The development of medical institutions in the second half of the 19th century - in the early 20th century relied on progressive ideas in health care, incl. the new assessment of the usage of the landscape environment for therapeutic purposes. The implementation of these ideas was linked to the extensive development of cities and relied on the urban ideas of "villas in the park" and "garden city". The newly established medical complexes of the psychiatric profile of regional status were distinguished by their scale, and their creators were outstanding architects of the time.