Peter R. Pawlik, PhD, b. 1946, is chairman of the Association of Healthcare Architectsof the Society of German Architects AKG / BDA. Delegated member of the PublicHealth Group of the UIA International Union of Architects and member in the directorsboard of the German Society for the History of Hospitals. He worked on 100 projectsand 55 hospitals between 1977 and 2007. Numerous publications and lectureswith hospital-specific and hospital-historic contents, in Germany and worldwide.