Understanding the Maggie’s Centres
An Architecture of Care
Understanding the Maggie’s Centres
An Architecture of Care
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Description
This book provides designers and students with an in-depth analysis of the architecture of the world-renowned Maggie's Centres, an international network of buildings offering support to people affected by cancer. Conceived by Maggie Keswick Jencks during her experience of terminal cancer, together with her husband Charles Jencks, landscape designer and architectural critic, the centres represent a radical rethinking of care environments.
Focusing on the relationship between architectural form and social activity, the book examines how and why the Maggie's centres are so successful-addressing themes from the brief (Maggie Jencks' 'Blueprint'), through the manipulation of sensory and atmospheric qualities, to the role of the surrounding environment in providing occupants with a sense of refuge and comfort. The book also includes a comparative review of over 30 Maggie's centres, designed by a select list of celebrated architects (including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Richard Rogers, and Snøhetta) and features over 60 pages of building information-an invaluable reference source for designers alongside the main thematic discussion.
The success of the Maggie's centres has important global implications for the improvement of the design of care structures and therapeutic environments. The centres have established a flexible design methodology capable of uplifting the quality of life of the people involved. By helping to understand and identify these parameters, this book offers important insights for all students, scholars, and professionals involved in healthcare architecture, architecture for social care, as well as all those interested in the broad impact of architectural environments on people.
Table of Contents
Section 1. HISTORY
1. On a Tuesday: A Pre-history of the Maggie's (1994-present), D. Ricchi (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
2. Introduction to the Maggie's Architectural Brief, D. Ricchi (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
3. From Social Vision to Architectural Propositions: The Evolving 'Blueprint' of the Maggie's Centre, O. Sarfatti (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Section 2. ARCHITECTURE
4. Spatial Qualities, A. Placidi (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
5. Furnitecture, A. Placidi (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
6. Atmosphere, A. Placidi (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Section 3. EXPERIENCE
7. Maggie's Therapeutic Space, C. Frisone (University Iuav of Venice, Italy)
8. Exploring the Balance between Social Interaction and Privacy in a Maggie's Centres, S. Poncelet (KU Leuven, Belgium) & D. Uzzell (University of Surrey, UK)
9. Hope through Affordances in a Maggie's Cancer Care Centre, Oxford, M. Cumming (Swansea University, UK) & D. Uzzell (University of Surrey, UK)
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Product details
| Published | 12 Nov 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781350234918 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Illustrations | 118 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 246 x 189 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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