“Insist upon their quiet and rest, for their limbs are weak; Try to lift their spirit through welcoming words and pleasant company; Give them sweet-scented perfumes and flowers; Obtain happiness and music for them; Spare them sombre thoughts and fatigue”
Ibn Sina (Avicenna) 980 – 1034

The Bimaristan - in medieval Islam a hospital, as one of the greatest and most original institutional achievements of classical Islamic society, the Bimaristan offered a wide range of services, sometimes without fee, and also functioned as a medical research and teaching institution. The first Bimaristan was founded in Baghdad under Harun al-Rashid (r. 786 - 809 ).
The main goal of the project was to create a design of 40,000 square meters of usable space for a new Rehabilitation Center in Luxor, which was developed after extensive studies and considerations on the great typology of historic Bimaristan.
Seminar, workshops and excursion to Luxor, visit of different health facilities and interviews with medical staff and patients in Luxor. A project in the Architecture and Urban Design Program, Faculty of Engineering and Materials Science, GUC - German University in Cairo, Egypt
In collaboration with: Martin Sählhof, M.A. M.Sc. DAI Cairo, Egyptologist - German Archaeological Institute Cairo; Carina Beyer, Photography, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Arts, GUC;
Prof. Piero Bruno, Institute Director, Institut Wohnen und Entwerfen, University of Stuttgart