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12016-03-01T14:29:31-08:00Marianna Mapes6544b040bd84b408df1fddd4a53375d6aaa4e41e81804plain2016-03-07T17:16:11-08:00Marianna Mapes6544b040bd84b408df1fddd4a53375d6aaa4e41eFrom an aerial view, the hospital campus resembles a small village; the significant open space that surrounds the structures further isolates the hospital from the world at large, creating a spatial barrier meant to prevent the spread of disease. The axial plan allows for centralization of various administrative and medical functions; orienting the patients’ residences around a central courtyard continues the theme of turning inward and (quite literally) keeps patients’ attention turned to the world at Carville rather than the world beyond.
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12016-03-01T11:46:28-08:00Marianna Mapes6544b040bd84b408df1fddd4a53375d6aaa4e41eThe View from Above: Quarantine and Control3Aerial view of the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital at Carville; image courtesy of the Daughters of Charity Provincial Archivesmedia/Carville_aerial_view.jpgplain2016-03-07T17:27:30-08:00Marianna Mapes6544b040bd84b408df1fddd4a53375d6aaa4e41e
