Section 03

The Turn

Once Pasteur, Lister and Koch had given infection a mechanism, ventilation stopped being a defence. The plan was free to fold inward and upward, and it did — with consequences that are still being argued back.

3 entriesGerm theory, and the reason evaporates.

Rusting old ambulance with a red cross sits abandoned in front of a derelict multistory building — What efficiency bought, and what it spent: daylight, view and orientation were traded first.Photo: Teo Doulke / Pexels

Entries in The Turn

Germ theory arrives
Once infection had a mechanism, the reason for all that air disappeared, and the plan was free to become compact.
The sealed tower
Lifts, mechanical ventilation and deep plans made height practical, and the hospital stopped being a landscape of separate blocks.
What was lost
Daylight, view and orientation were traded for efficiency, and are now being argued back.

The Turn

Germ theory arrives

The sealed tower

What was lost