The prominent values of the Mustapha Pacha hospital of Algiers at different scales

Nassila Ghida

;Kenza Boussora

;Carlo Atzeni

2019-01-01

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Abstract

Mustapha Pacha healthcare facility is one of the most important structure of the sanitary history in Africa. Its location in the urban heart of the capital of Algeria and its architectural composition are strategic characteristics out the necessity to demolished the entire hospital. A Utopia due to the complexity of the structure and to economic issues. The study aims to reveal the different heritage scale values of the hospital which characterize it as a preserved and as a functional hospital. Those values are part of the urbanity of the city, its architectural criteria and the medical history. Multi-scalar values are the urban value, the architectural value, the collective Pacha healthcare facility as a building heritage due to its contribution to architectural, human, medical, surgical and technical development. Secondly, it exposes healthcare facilities possibility to be valorized and protected as a built heritage. It also has direct practical implications such as to be an academic base for future researches aiming to understand 20th century healthcare facilities organization and values in general and the Mustapha Pacha hospital as is also a deep data collection never done before in order submission proposition.