How does the hospital environment communicate?

Semiotic and sociological analysis of the Hospital of Alessandria


Published: 30 June 2019
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Authors

  • Antonio Maconi Responsabile Infrastruttura Ricerca Formazione e Innovazione AO Alessandria, Italy.
  • Mariasilvia Como Centro Documentazione dell’Infrastruttura Ricerca, Formazione e Innovazione AO Alessandria, Italy.
  • Elena Franco Direttore artistico della Fondazione Arte Nova di Siena, Collaboratrice del “Giornale dell’Architettura”, creatrice del progetto fotografico: “ Hospitalia”, Italy.
  • Roberta Lombardi Professore ordinario di diritto amministrativo presso l’Università del Piemonte Orientale e Delegata del Rettore UPO per l’inclusione sociale e la disabilità;, Italy.
  • Daniela Mandirola Collaboratore Amm.vo Professionale Senior – settore Formazione; AO Alessandria, Italy.
  • Alessandro Provera Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy.
  • Mariateresa Dacquino Comunicazione Aziendale AO Alessandria, Italy.

Objectives: Analysis of literature and physical spaces on the perception of hospital environments and "non-places", their use by patients and operators. Methodology: selection, examination, analysis of some major essays on the subject and in-depth semiotic and sociological study. Results: evaluation of the use of environments. Conclusions: in view of the results, a revision of the hierarchy of spaces would be appropriate.


Maconi, A., Como, M., Franco, E., Lombardi, R., Mandirola, D., Provera, A., & Dacquino, M. (2019). How does the hospital environment communicate? Semiotic and sociological analysis of the Hospital of Alessandria. Working Paper of Public Health, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/wpph.2019.9212

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