An innovative concept in hospital designFounded in 1981 in Paris Brunet Saunier Architecture is a French leader in the design of hospitals and large scale public buildings This publication is much more than a monograph It is also a professional reference work as hospital buildings make up a large portion of the showcased projects Over the last ten years the architectural office has been developing a successful concept known as Monospace The book discusses and analyzes this concept in detail presenting trueto scale floor plans cross sections architectural views and other information The Monospace concept which is based on a process of creative reduction down to essentials i e simplexity is adaptive rather than normative or prescriptive and based on probabilities rather than determinism It respects energy even when it sometimes uses it It takes the individual s experience into account and starts from the position of the subject It also permits changing perspectives This design concept should attract attention far beyond the borders of France Areference monograph on Brunet Saunier Architecture theFrench leader inhospital design includesunpublished documents on the innovative concept of monospace 20 seminal projects in France Belgium Denmark and Switzerland are presented