This thesis project focuses on the development of a clinical pediatric rehabilitation center in the Houtwijk neighborhood of The Hague and addresses the current “introverted” architecture of healthcare facilities as well as the regional shortage of inpatient rehabilitation services for children, with the goal of breaking through social isolation by encouraging transparent design and the shared use of facilities by the local community.

Using a research-by-design methodology, literature reviews on Evidence-Based Design were combined with interviews with healthcare professionals, and the results demonstrate that integrating play into daily rehabilitation and opening sports and catering facilities to the neighborhood promotes rehabilitation, while the final design, ‘Healing in Sight,’ explores the possibilities of a hybrid care model in which multifunctional transparent routing is used to lower the barrier between healthcare and society.