Download or read book The Architecture of Hospitals written by Cor Wagenaar and published by Nai010 Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Architecture of Hospitals~ISBN 90-5662-464-4 U.S. $75.00 / Paperback, 7 x 9.5 in. / 512 pgs / 300 color and 100 b&w. ~Item / March / Architecture
Download or read book The Architecture of Health written by Michael P. Murphy and published by Cooper Hewitt. This book was released on 2021-11-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture of Health is a story about the design and life of hospitals-about how they are born and evolve, about the forces that give them shape, and the shifts that conspire to render them inadequate. Reading architecture through the history of hospitals is a deciphering tool for unlocking the elemental principles of architecture and the intractable laws of human and social conditions that architecture serves in each of our lives.This book encounters brilliant and visionary designers who were hospital architects but also systems designers, driven by the aim of social change. They faced the contradictions of health care in their time and found innovative ways to solve for specific medical dilemmas. Less-known designers like Filarete, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Albert Schweitzer, Max Fry and Jane Drew, John Dawe Tetlow, Gordon Friesen, Thomas Wheeler, and Eberhard Zeidler are studied here, while the medical spaces of more widely-known architects like Isambard Brunel, Aalvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, and Paul Rudolph also help inform this history. All these characters were polymaths and provocateurs, but none quite summarizes this history more succinctly than Florence Nightingale, who in laying out her guidelines for ward design in 1859, shows how the design of a medical facility can influence an entire political and social order.Architecture of Health, richly illustrated with images and never before published renderings and drawings from the MASS Design Group, charts historical epidemics alongside modern and contemporary architectural transformations in service of medicine, health, and habitation; it explores how infrastructure facilitates healing and architecture's greater role in constructing our societies.
Download or read book The Covert Life of Hospital Architecture written by Julie Zook and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Covert Life of Hospital Architecture addresses hospital architecture as a set of interlocked, overlapping spatial and social conditions. It identifies ways that planned-for and latent functions of hospital spaces work jointly to produce desired outcomes such as greater patient safety, increased scope for care provider communication and more intelligible corridors. By advancing space syntax theory and methods, the volume brings together emerging research on hospital environments. Opening with a description of hospital architecture that emphasizes everyday relations, the sequence of chapters takes an unusually comprehensive view that pairs spaces and occupants in hospitals: the patient room and its intervisibility with adjacent spaces, care teams and on-ward support for their work and the intelligibility of public circulation spaces for visitors. The final chapter moves outside the hospital to describe the current healthcare crisis of the global pandemic as it reveals how healthcare institutions must evolve to be adaptable in entirely new ways. Reflective essays by practicing designers follow each chapter, bringing perspectives from professional practice into the discussion. The Covert Life of Hospital Architecture makes the case that latent dimensions of space as experienced have a surprisingly strong link to measurable outcomes, providing new insights into how to better design hospitals through principles that have been tested empirically. It will become a reference for healthcare planners, designers, architects and administrators, as well as for readers from sociology, psychology and other areas of the social sciences.
Download or read book Innovations in Hospital Architecture written by Stephen Verderber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captures key developments in the field of sustainable hospital architecture.
Download or read book Hospital Architecture written by Christine Nickl-Weller and published by Braun Publishing AG. This book was released on 2012 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid advances in medicine coupled with increasingly aging societies have considerably changed the requirements of medical services. Today, the hospital sector must comply with more than norms and functions : Healthcare facilities are in a stage of transition from purely care-providing institutions to service-oriented healthcare providers. They are expected to offer environments that aid patients in their recovery and support them to stay healthy through state-of-the-art medical treatment on the one hand, as well as through a high quality of life and a sense of well-being on the other hand. The projects introduced in this volume showcase the great variety of designs expressing the contemporary perception of hospitals whose architecture and design are integral components of healing and convalescence. Different conceptual takes meet the requirements of the growing and very diverse needs of the users, i.e patients, doctors and nursing staff, as well as visitors. The presented hospitals all share a high degree of quality awareness and make the individual and the needs of the individual the key focus of the design.
Download or read book Rise of the Modern Hospital written by Jeanne Kisacky and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rise of the Modern Hospital is a focused examination of hospital design in the United States from the 1870s through the 1940s. This understudied period witnessed profound changes in hospitals as they shifted from last charitable resorts for the sick poor to premier locations of cutting-edge medical treatment for all classes, and from low-rise decentralized facilities to high-rise centralized structures. Jeanne Kisacky reveals the changing role of the hospital within the city, the competing claims of doctors and architects for expertise in hospital design, and the influence of new medical theories and practices on established traditions. She traces the dilemma designers faced between creating an environment that could function as a therapy in and of itself and an environment that was essentially a tool for the facilitation of increasingly technologically assisted medical procedures. Heavily illustrated with floor plans, drawings, and photographs, this book considers the hospital building as both a cultural artifact, revelatory of external medical and social change, and a cultural determinant, actively shaping what could and did take place within hospitals.
Download or read book Hospitals written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lean Led Hospital Design written by Naida Grunden and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instead of building new hospitals that import old systems and problems, the time has come to reexamine many of our ideas about what a hospital should be. Can a building foster continuous improvement? How can we design it to be flexible and useful well into the future? How can we do more with less? Winner of a 2013 Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence! Answering these questions and more, Lean-Led Hospital Design: Creating the Efficient Hospital of the Future explains how hospitals can be built to increase patient safety and reduce wait times while eliminating waste, lowering costs, and easing some of healthcare’s most persistent problems. It supplies a simplified timeline of architectural planning—from start to finish—to guide readers through the various stages of the Lean design development philosophy, including Lean architectural design and Lean work design. It includes examples from several real healthcare facility design and construction projects, as well as interviews with hospital leaders and architects. Check out a video of the authors discussing their book, Lean-Led Hospital Design at the 2012 Med Assets Healthcare Business Summit. www.modernhealthcare.com/section/LiveatHBS
Download or read book Architecture and the Modern Hospital written by Julie Willis and published by Routledge Research in Architecture. This book was released on 2018-10-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other building type in the twentieth century, the hospital was connected to transformations in the health of populations and expectations of lifespan. From the scale of public health to the level of the individual, the architecture of the modern hospital has reshaped knowledge about health and disease and perceptions of bodily integrity and security. However, the rich and genuinely global architectural history of these hospitals is poorly understood and largely forgotten. This book explores the rapid evolution of hospital design in the twentieth century, analysing the ways in which architects and other specialists reimagined the modern hospital. It examines how the vast expansion of medical institutions over the course of the century was enabled by new approaches to architectural design and it highlights the emerging political conviction that physical health would become the cornerstone of human welfare.
Download or read book Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals written by Nicoletta Setola and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals illustrates that in addition to their aesthetic function, public spaces in hospitals play a fundamental role concerning people’s satisfaction and experience of health care. The book highlights how spatial properties, such as accessibility, visibility, proximity, and intelligibility affect people’s behavior and interactions in hospital public spaces. Based on the authors’ research, the book includes detailed analysis of three hospitals and criteria that can support the design in circulation areas, arrival and entrance, first point of welcome, reception, and the interface between city and hospital. Illustrated with 150 black and white images.
Download or read book Innovative Hospital Design written by Carles Broto and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in this publication is a compilation of recent work, carried out by a diverse selection of prestigious architects, for hospitals and health centers. New interpretations, fresh points of view and innovation are the defining characteristics of the projects selected. This book contains some projects, lavishly illustrated with vivid photographs, architectural drawings, as well as information - from conception to completion - on the materials and construction processes implemented to carry out the design ideas of the architects, who, furthermore, have contributed their own explanatory texts, comments and anecdotes. Offering some of the finest, most innovative solutions in the world, this book will serve as an endless source of inspiration for the professional or the layman, with designs that are destined to determine the future of architecture.
Download or read book Justice Is Beauty written by Michael Murphy and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first monograph of MASS Design Group, the internationally lauded firm creating some of the most powerful and humane works of architecture today. Founded in 2008, MASS Design Group collaborated with Partners In Health and the Rwanda Ministry of Health to design and build the Butaro District Hospital in Rwanda, a masterwork of architecture that also uniquely serves a community in need. Since then, MASS has grown into a dynamic collaborative of architects, planners, engineers, filmmakers, researchers, and public health professionals working in more than a dozen countries in the fields of design, research, policy, education, and strategic planning. Amid ongoing recognition (the 2018 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture, the 2017 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture), MASS's most recent project, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, has been featured in more than 400 publications, including the New York Times, the New Yorker, and the Washington Post. Mark Lamster of Dallas Morning News called the memorial "the single greatest work of American architecture of the twenty-first century." Justice Is Beauty highlights MASS's first decade of designing, researching, and advocating for an architecture of justice and human dignity. With more than thirty projects built or under construction and some 200,000 people served, MASS has pioneered an immersive approach in the practice of architecture that provides the infrastructure, buildings, and physical systems necessary for growth, dignity, and well-being, while always engaging local communities with attention to the specifics of cultural context and social needs.
Download or read book Purpose built Art in Hospitals written by Judy Rollins and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the use of commissioned artwork in hospitals through the dual lens of an artist and healthcare professional, identifying 15 distinct 'purposes' of art in hospitals and arguing for the need for greater variety in art offerings that serve the diverse needs of patients, families, visitors and hospital staff.
Download or read book Hospital Interior Architecture written by Jain Malkin and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thorough, abundantly illustrated treatment of a complex topic. Malkin corresponded with about 500 people involved with close to 1,000 projects; he formulated criteria for excellence and reviewed the projects, becoming increasingly sophisticated himself about the intricacies of design, well-being, and practicality in various contexts and for various special populations--the elderly (especially those with dementia), children, neonates, critical care patients, cancer patients, psychiatric patients, the chemically dependent, and others. He has selected the best and presents them here with extensive commentary on a broad sweep of topics connected with architecture, aesthetics, and health. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Specialised Hospitals Design and Planning written by Rebel Roberts and published by Design Media Publishing (Uk) Limited. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a selection of highly specialized projects that include women and children's healthcare environments and proton therapy, mental health and state-of-the-art cancer centres. The design solutions are based on the contemporary concerns of healthcare providers covering financial viability, patient safety, staff satisfaction, environmental responsibility and operational efficiency. The projects featured are illustrated with full colour photographs and architectural plans.
Download or read book General Hospitals Planning and Design written by Debra Levin and published by Design Media Publishing (Uk) Limited. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters cover the General Building Guidelines and Architectural Concepts for General Healthcare Facilities followed by chapters on Inpatient Accommodation, Accident and Emergency Care and Intensive Care facilities as well as signage. This is supplemented by 14 detailed examples including the Kentish Town Health Centre in London and Ysbyty Anueurin Bevan in Wales.
Download or read book Manual of Hospital Planning and Designing written by Ajay Garg and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-29 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a one-stop resource on all the critical aspects of planning and designing hospitals, one of the most complex healthcare projects to undertake. A well-planned and designed hospital should control infection rate, provide safety to patients, caregivers and visitors, help improve patients' recovery and have scope for future expansion and change. Reinforcing these basic principles, guidance on such effective planning and designing is the key focus. Readers are offered insights into eliminating shortcomings at every stage of setting up a hospital which may not be feasible to rectify later on through alterations. Chapters from 1 to 12 of the book provide exhaustive notes on initial planning, such as detailed project reports, feasibility studies, and area calculation. Chapters 13 to 27 include designing and layout of all the essential departments/units such as OPD, emergency, intermediate care, diagnostics, operating rooms, and intensive care units. Chapters 28 to 37 cover designing support services like sterilization department, pharmacy, medical gas pipeline, kitchen, laundry, medical record, and mortuary. Chapters 38 to 48 take the readers through planning other services like air-conditioning and ventilation, fire safety, extra low voltage, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services. Chapter 49 is for the planning of medical equipment. A particular chapter on "Green" hospital designing is included. This book is a single essential tabletop reference for hospital consultants, medical and hospital administrators, hospital designers, architecture students, and hospital promoters.
