ABSTRACT
Moving from the healthcare sector to architecture in general and proposing a ‘paradigm shift’ between the current way of cataloguing buildings by typology or function and the one suggested by Maggie’s model, the epilogue invites users of architecture in general to classify buildings based on their emotions and feelings. Promoting a new way of perceiving architecture, the paradigm shift would occur if the principles extracted from the Maggie’s centre are correctly applied to architecture in general, which will lead new users to experience the same feelings as Maggie’s users, even in the distant future. However, by learning from Maggie’s users, users of architecture in general will need to become more demanding if they are to push architects and builders to improve the quality of the built environment. After a final reflection on the role that architecture plays for people, the chapter concludes by arguing that architecture is a tool available to anyone and that everyone should use because, by freeing imagination and passion, it acquires a great power that helps to overcome life’s difficulties. The book closes by remembering two special Maggie’s visitors who, although no longer with us, will remain etched in the memory prompted by the architecture.
