Centre for Geriatric Psychiatry in Pfäfers

Boldly enthroned above the Rhine valley in Switzerland stands the former Benedictine abbey of St Pirminsberg. As early as 1845, a psychiatric clinic was erected here. The new structure for geriatric psychiatry closes off the existing ensemble of baroque monastery and clinic buildings. The projections and set-back sections of the present complex serve to articulate the overall volume and reduce...