On the plateau d'Assy, the
sanatoriums illustrate the important role architecture
played in fighting tuberculosis and outline the
necessity of using new materials and techniques.
In answer to the request of the population to fight
tuberculosis at the end of the First World War,
doctors and architects put their heads together
to build one of the largest a sanatorium on the
higher plains of Passy, using the climatic conditions
to their advantage.
Build to strict geographical guidelines, the sanatoriums
were often mentioned in the specialised international
press of the 1930s.
These buildings are a witness to the technical and
esthetical genius of mountain constructions of the
20th century and provide a reference point for the
relationship between man, his habitat and his environment.
In answer to the request of the population to fight
tuberculosis at the end of the First World War,
doctors and architects put their heads together
to build one of the largest a sanatorium on the
higher plains of Passy, using the climatic conditions
to their advantage.