Thema: Space quality in Hospital Architecture: explorative study and typology analysis of European Research Hospitals

Fach: Architektur

Betreuer: Prof. Paolo Fusi

Zusammenfassung:

Research hospital architecture is mainly focused on efficiency and functionality needs. Different typological models have been designed to meet flexibility, management requirements and increasing needs of fast technological development. For achieving those goals, the design phase has often paid little attention to the space quality for patients, researchers and students. This study aims to explore recent European architecture for medical research, analyzing how different building types offer space quality for both main users: patients and researchers, defining which type of medical research building is able to fully satisfy their needs as far as space quality is concerned. An explorative study on existing European medical research facilities will identify the optimized solutions in terms of space quality.

Aim of the study

Aims of the study are a typology analysis of hospitals with research activities and the project of a research-based typological scheme of a Medical Research Centre that optimizes space quality for patients and, at the same time, for medical staff and researchers.

Research key aspects

How is it possible to achieve architectural quality in a building developed mainly on functional requirements? A definition of architectural typology based only on functional and distribution matters is restrictive in order to drive a typological analysis. Which definition of typology is comprehensive for analyzing critically different types of medical research architecture? Space quality can have a key-role in medical care: it can support the therapeutic process (Healing spaces), and can offer positive stimuli to medical staff and researchers in their workspace. The concept of Space Quality in healthcare environments is strongly linked with the peculiar space perception of patients in critical conditions. This themes will be analyzed and defined in order to conduct the explorative study on existing medical research facilities, recently built in Europe according to the latest requirements and standards.

Forschungsschwerpunkte

• Healthcare Architecture
• Typology Analysis
• Space Quality
• Healing Space
• University Hospital Architecture

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