Centre for Healthcare Architecture

CVA is Sweden’s leading center for development, exchange and dissemination of knowledge about healthcare environments. The center is a national platform for knowledge exchange. Focus is to contribute to a person-centered, efficient and safe care. CVA engages in research, contributes to education and runs continuing education. Active collaboration with Sahlgrenska Academy and organizations within and related to the healthcare sector is central for relevance and utilization of research.

Notes from CVA

ARCH26 conference dates adjusted to June 10–12 - European Healthcare Design and the ARCH International Conference commit to deepening their collaboration

Two of the world’s leading conferences in the field of healthcare architecture and design have announced their intention to explore opportunities to deepen their collaboration, following many years of positive and friendly relations.

CVA invites you to ARCH26 – International Conference on Architecture, Research, Care and Health

We are pleased to announce ARCH26, the 7th International Conference on Architecture, Research, Care and Health. The conference will take place at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 15- 17 June, 2026.

New Doctoral Thesis Highlights the Importance of the Built Environment in Psychiatric Care

Anne Hagerup recently defended her doctoral thesis “Respite for the Troubled Mind: Supportive and Natural Spaces as a Therapeutic Tool”, which explores the role of the built environment in psychiatric care.

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About us

The Center for Healthcare Architecture (CVA) is a national arena for the creation, translation, exchange and dissemination of knowledge about healthcare architecture. As an academic center, CVA conducts research, research training and contributes with basic and further training in the field. The research focus for CVA is buildings and physical environments as a support and a part of the interaction between healthcare, patients and architecture.

Research

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Publications

Publications in English from Centre for Healthcare Architecture. For a complete list of CVA publications use the "Svenska" button to access the webpage in Swedish.

Education

The Center for Healthcare Architecture, CVA, collaborates within Chalmers in several educational contexts. This takes place in courses for students at bachelor's level but above all at master's level with a focus on healthcare buildings (Healthcare Studio and Residential Healthcare) as well as postgraduate education. In addition, CVA runs a continuing education course (Healthcare premises) in collaboration with Forum Vårdbyggnad.