FA14 STUDIO: Precedent Research

My studio project this semester is to design a behavioral health care facility in Devon's MA. Before we start exploring program needs, as a entire studio we conducted precedent research of behavioral health care facilities from early 1800's to present day. As a studio we divided the years among us and presented our finding to each other. My group was responsible for researching Behavioral Health Care Facilities from 1890-1940. Below are the slides we prepared and presented to the studio!

This research helped us as a studio truly understand the historical stigma that being mentally ill brought upon people and their families. Our aim is to use this research to make informed decisions when designing our Behavioral Health Care Centers.

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