A holistic approach in healthcare facilities: the case of Maggie’s Centre

In recent years, the design theme of healthcare facilities has been developing around the impact that context and environmental factors have on the level of user well-being, due to the close relationship between the quality of the built environment and the outcome of the care process. This awareness presupposes a shift in technological culture from a specialized to a holistic approach. This poster aims to investigate the topic of the holistic approach into a typology of nonhospital buildings dedicated to the care of cancer patients, their families, and caregiver; deepening the design theme of Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre, as buildings that help relieve and deal with the disease. The typology of Maggie’s Centre first appears in Great Britain at the end of the last century, reaching in 2024 the realization of about thirty buildings in Great Britain, Spain, Netherland and Japan. Specifically, some case studies will be analysed, to verify how the indications of the founder have been implemented over the decades toward an increasingly holistic approach.