Architectural concepts of transformation of health care facilities in Vilnius and Riga

Abstract

The planned network of health care services in Vilnius County foresees urhan strategy for developing coherent and accessible health infrastructure. Strategies for integration and coordination are planned for Riga hospitals as well. Based on the scope of services that city hospitals should provide for city residents their planning should be changed and adjusted to the overall strategies. The article presents analysis of proposals of two recent architectural competitions in Vilnius and in Riga on how a centrally located city hospital should be transformed. Vilnius City University Hospital and Riga Pauls Stradins hopsitals being different urban complexes and architectural sites feature quite similar problems for their future transformation and integration into the urban layout of the city and pose interesting and comparable responses to that problem.