2024-11-21T15:44:01-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/134183942/jason-danziger-heals-psychosis-with-design Julia Ingalls 2015-08-13T13:33:00-04:00 >2015-08-15T16:49:09-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bq/bq6k4wd5x674l0sg.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Danziger addressed the issues of perception: How does a patient with a shifted perception experience space? He focused on color, the distribution of light, material, and shape.</p></em><br /><br /><p>While designing for medically healthy clients can occasionally drive an architect insane, an entirely different set of challenges is involved in creating a safe and healing environment for <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/96244091/mental-health-survey-at-university-of-toronto-s-faculty-of-architecture-reveals-worrisome-results" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mentally ill</a> patients. Architect Jason Danziger found himself asking questions like: what makes a bed recognizable to someone in a clinically altered state of mind? Danziger's resulting design for the Soteria at St. Hedwig Hospital in Berlin, executed as part of an ongoing collaboration with medical director Dr. Martin Voss,&nbsp;won him the 2015 BDA Berlin Prize.</p><p>More at the intersection of architecture and mental health:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/104803779/aftershock-3-brains-and-the-city" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AfterShock #3: Brains and the City</a></li><li><a title="Mental Health Survey at University of Toronto&rsquo;s Faculty of Architecture Reveals Worrisome Results " href="http://archinect.com/news/article/96244091/mental-health-survey-at-university-of-toronto-s-faculty-of-architecture-reveals-worrisome-results" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mental Health Survey at University of Toronto&rsquo;s Faculty of Architecture Reveals Worrisome Results</a></li><li><a title="Putting entire cities on the psychiatrist's couch" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/130868125/putting-entire-cities-on-the-psychiatrist-s-couch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Putting entire cities on the psychiatrist's couch</a></li><li><a title="UCLA's Patricia Greenfield Tracks Urban Psychology With Words" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/79381636/ucla-s-patricia-greenfield-tracks-urban-psychology-with-words" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UCLA's Patricia Greenfield Tracks Urban Psychology With Words</a></li></ul><p><em>Update: A previous version of this piece did not mention Dr. Martin Voss' role in the Soteria project.</em></p>