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Architecture's Mission In The Field Of Mental Retardation
Over the past 25 years, I have visited more than 500 institutions in the field of health, welfare, education, and delinquency, and at various times I have had institutional assignments, so that I became well acquainted with them from the inside, but it was not until a few years ago when I first saw some new institutions for the mentally retarded in the Scandinavian countries, and in particular Lillemosegaard (which we all shall visit on Wednesday morning) that I was suddenly struck with the tremendous contribution architects can make in our field. When I have chosen as the title of my few remarks this morning "Architecture's Mission in the Field of Mental Retardation," I have done so to indicate that I include architects among the professional groups that can make a primary contribution to the field of mental retardation....