Spitalul monument istoric între conservare și presiunea exigențelor funcționale
The hospital-historical monument between conservation and the pressure of functional requirements

Summary/Abstract: The sanitary problems in the 18th century Europe led to the emergence of the pavilion-type hospital, first introduced in England (1758-1765) and developed all over the world in the 19th century, as a rigor of the time regarding patients isolation in separate single-levelled pavilions settled around gardens. Romania adopted this modern type of construction, most of the hospitals built between 1875 and 1900 were made in a pavilion system. There has always been a double pressure on historic hospitals, the first regarding constant change to meet the health standards and the second regarding the survival as a historic monument by preserving the original physical components, interior, exterior or context. To what extent does the functional updating (layout modification, new wings, connected wings between pavilions, etc.) of the historical monument lead to the loss of its authenticity? What is the main premise in restoring a historic monument hospital and what are the limits for such restoration? The authors are trying to find answers to these questions by presenting a case study regarding the evolution of the military pavilion hospital ”Aristide Serfioti” in Galați (1883-1886). Keywords: military hospital – pavilion, historical monument, historical function, authenticity, compositional concept, conservative restoration / creative restoration, continuity

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