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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796483703321

Autore

Leydecker Sylvia

Titolo

Designing the patient room : a new approach to healthcare interiors / / Sylvia Leydecker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : Birkhäuser, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

3-03821-110-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 pages)

Classificazione

ARC007000

Disciplina

725/.51

Soggetti

Health facilities - Design and construction

Health facilities - Planning

Hospital buildings - Design and construction

Architecture - Human factors

ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Weizsäcker, Fritz von -- Introduction -- Functional areas -- Key components of the design task -- Old age and dementia -- Ensuring hygiene -- International developments and trends -- Selected projects -- Workflow: planning, interfaces and methods -- Business economics, marketing and operations -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- Illustration credits

Sommario/riassunto

Interior architecture is the main factor in creating pleasant environments for in-patient healthcare. Whether in paediatric or geriatric wards, economic efficiency, patient well-being and staff satisfaction are increasingly the focus of treatment, healing and healthcare concepts around the world. Well-designed interior architecture concepts for patient rooms can benefit the patient's process of recovery and, through its atmosphere and functionality, improve the quality of the hospital experience. This book explores the design of the patient room as a core part of healthcare environments. It describes the different design components, such as material, colour, light and surface finish, and addresses the needs of hygiene and the



specific challenges presented by demographic change and digitisation, as well as workflow issues and economic efficiency. Fourteen international case studies illustrate these design principles.