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Modern hospital complexes by architect Zoja Dumengjić in Croatia (1969-1981)

Architect Zoja Dumengjić (1904-2000) is one of the most successful female architects within Croatia. In the period 1969-1981 she was completing her professional oeuvre, which was primarily dedicated to the health care architecture. Within socialistic political system she was the head of Architectural Design Office Dumengjić in Zagreb, which she was running from 1954 till 1975, i.e. 1981. Within focused period 1969-1989 she was completing realisations of two hospital complexes in Split (1951-1969) and Karlovac (designed upon winning competition project 1960/61-1976). Furthermore, in late seventies she designed and realised 2 hospital complexes in Koprivnica (1975-1980) and Ogulin (1975-1981). The architect's work represents the specific author's contribution within the body of modem Croatian architecture, and the particularity of her work can be recognized in several fundamental components. The most prominent contribution of the architect Dumengjić had undoubtedly been in the area of public health service architecture. She is the author of four hospital complexes and numerous health care pavillions and primar health-care centres within and out of Croatia. ln 1975 the architect Dumengjić received the life's- work award 'Viktor Kovačić" by the Association of Croatian Architects and in 1995 the life achievement award in the field of architecture "Vladimir Nazor' by the Parlament of the Republic of Croatia.

Croatia, architect Zoja Dumengjić, modern architecture , hospitals, modular structure

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