2023-08-20 00:15:15
To date, more than 60 artistic exhibitions have been held inside this hospital.
The construction of a Mexican hospital was conceived by José Villagrán García, who is considered the father of modern architecture and an international benchmark.
World Photography Day is commemorated every August 19.
The architecture of a hospital It is one of the most important parts and to which often the necessary attention is not given. From its conception, all facilities must be offered to patients and health workers. Nor can the legal part be ignored because there are Official Mexican Standards (NOM) about the characteristics that must be followed.
The importance of infrastructure in medical units
In this case, one of the Mexican hospitals considered among the most beautiful is the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) “Ismael Cosío Villegas”. In addition to caring for patients, it also offers cultural activities such as the exhibition “Iconic Photographs of the Huipulco Tuberculosis Sanatorium” that has just been inaugurated.
During the inauguration ceremony that took place in the context of the world photography day which is commemorated every August 19, the INER Art and Culture coordinator, Fabiola Valdelamar Vázquez, pointed out that the institute is a benchmark in care, research and teaching of respiratory diseases. Although it also stands out in artistic expression in medical units.
The photographic exhibition found in the INER Art Hall is made up of images that show the beginnings of the institute in 1936. It was the first hospital built in the southern zone for tuberculosis patients who required treatment and appropriate facilities for their recovery, with ventilated spaces, without humidity.
A Mexican hospital with internationally benchmark architecture
The coordinator of Art and Culture stressed that the dissemination of art and science was conceived from the creation of INER. Its original building is the oldest standing work in Jose Villagran Garciaconsidered the father of modern architecture and an international benchmark for hospital design.
INER facilities, bastion of Mexican architecture
– HEALTH Mexico (@SSalud_mx) August 19, 2023
He Huipulco Tuberculosis Sanatorium It was the first large-scale work by Villagrán García, with a pronounced focus on people’s well-being. It was part of the contemporary architectural constructions in 20th century Mexico.
Fabiola Valdelamar Vázquez announced that the Pasillo del Arte was created in 2015, with the aim of showing the artistic talents of the staff or exposing health-related issues, as a therapeutic space for patients, family members and workers.
The inaugurated exhibition is a tribute to the American architect and photographer, Esther Born, whose artistic lens immortalized the image of the Huipulco Tuberculosis Sanatorium, today INER
To date, INER has presented more than 60 temporary and traveling artistic exhibitions of photography and painting in painting, watercolor, acrylic, oil and wood techniques. It also has an area to promote reading for staff and relatives of patients.
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