Shirly Kujawski Kenett

Founded in 1894, Herzog hospital seats in the entrance to the city of Jerusalem and aims at improving the quality of life for those suffering the effects of aging, neurological disorders, mental illness, respiratory ailments and psychological trauma. The Samson building has six floors above the ground with four children/general respiratory wards, four geriatric wards, four psychiatric wards, labs, an x-ray department and an underground emergency hospital. Designing the interior of the wards demanded dealing with the question how much to design?? We chose to bring quiet architecture with classic lines and tones and to let life bring the colors. Since most of the patients in this hospital are being hospitalized for long periods, the leading concept was to give them a feeling of a boutique hotel with material/color combination like pine and white, concrete-like floor tiles and wood hand rail.