Finland 1929-34,
Helsinki    
Hartmaninkatu 2
  
Helsinki   Jussi Paatela
 
    General hospital (maternity)
   
    Medical activities
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  The Finnish National Archive
Sources: Arkkitehti-magazine 1934, 141-150./Riitta Nikula, 20th -century architecture Finland, Museum of Finnish Architecture, editors: Marja-Riitta Norri, Elina Standertskjöld and Wilfried Wang, Helsinki 2000. /Petra Havu. Naisten klinikan sairaala esimerkkinä julkisesta arkkitehtuurista ja tutkimuksesta. An art historical study. Helsinki University Department of Art History. 1996.
Text: Maarit Henttonen / Helsinki City Museum

History
In the early 20th century, several architects presented plans for the Meilahti hospital-area in Helsinki. Only two buildings, the office building and heating plan station, were completed before the First World War. The Women's Clinic was built in 1934 as the first hospital building in Meilahti hospital-area. The building of the hospital was preceded by initiatives of woman members of the Parliament of Finland, and discussions thereof, in 1929-32. The Women's Clinic was the first hospital in Finland, where the maternity hospital and gynaecological ward were housed in the same building. The building is still in its original use.



Architecture:
H-shaped ground plan of the Women's Clinic consists of three wings. On the basis of rational and hygienic demands architect Jussi Paatela designed a strictly organised building that can be seen as a "healing machine". The design of Women's Clinic is a synthesis of Nordic classicism and functionalism. Above all, architecture of the Women's Clinic is simple. It can be characterized as a functionalistic building, even though the floor plans and disposition of volumes are connected with classicism. The building is protected in town plan.

 

Histoire :
Au début du 20e siècle, de nombreux architectes proposent des plans pour le site hospitalier de Meilhati, à Helsinki. Seuls deux bâtiments seront achevés avant la première guerre : le bâtiment des bureaux, et celui de la chaufferie. La clinique pour femmes est le premier édifice hospitalier construit sur ce lieu, en 1934, après que les membres féminins du Parlement aient combattu pour ce projet. Cette clinique est la première en Finlande à réunir en un même endroit une maternité et des services de gynécologie.





Architecture :
Le plan en H de cet hôpital est constitué de 3 ailes. Sur la base d'une demande de rationalisme et d'hygiène, Jussi Paatela propose un édifice qui peut être considéré comme une "machine à guérir". Le dessin de ce bâtiment est une synthèse entre le classicisme nordique et le fonctionnalisme.