This article picks up from my previous article on how Hospital design can improve as healing environments (http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2008/04/a-healing-place-called-hospital/) I focus on the need for daylight and what design aspects one must keep in mind at the design stage.
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A Recent trend or innovation in healthcare facilities design has been a requirement for “future flexibility” or “future proofing” the entire hospital or lab building. As the medical and hospital design science advances by leaps and bounds, new diagnostic and treatment procedures are developed for clinical administration. The product life cycle for medical equipment becomes [...]
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Building on my previous article on Environment & Sustainability I deemed it fit to post a few thoughts on the use of green and brown roofs and their hugely popular positive contribution to the environment.
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In the UK, PFI (Private Finance Initiative) has generated a renewed interest in hospital design arena. It effectively provides us an opportunity to consider the hospitals as Therapeutic Environments. Hospital design managers like me, believe that expert knowledge has encouraged the development of hospitals that provide settings for promoting patient recovery, healing and well being.
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What has environment and sustainability got to do with hospital design and construction? In-fact a great deal! Environment and sustainability are not only the 21st century’s new buzz words but have been playing an increasingly bigger and more important role in shaping the world we live in. Businesses are falling over themselves in ranking environment [...]
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