Last modified: 2014-09-11
Abstract
An explorative case study of architectural elements that support interactions between patients and caregivers in the hospital.
The project examines how architecture and design of space in the intensive unit promote or hinder interaction between relatives and patients. The primary starting point is the relatives. Relatives’ support and interaction with their loved ones is important in order to promote the patients' healing process. Therefore knowledge on how space can support interaction is fundamental for the architect, in order to make the best design solutions. Several scientific studies document that the hospital's architecture and design are important for human healing processes, including how the physical environment can have both positive and negative influence on the interaction between the patients, relatives and staff. These are f .ex. the possibility of privacy in intimate and confidential conversations, the possibility of visits by relatives and the importance of furnishing for the course of the conversation. The project is an exploratory case study and consists of systematic observations, interviews and photo documentation. The aim is to collect different kinds of data on: 1. Relatives’ behavior 2. Relatives’ experience and 3. Environment. In order to guide the collection of data and the analysis of them Goffman’s backstage-frontstage theory and Lawson's ‘Language of Space’ are used. Data is analyzed in accordance with principles describes in Robert Yin’s ‘Case Study Research’. The goal of the project is to create new knowledge which can contribute to new ways to design, plan and organize the hospital and qualify architectural and design solutions in order to improve the quality of interaction between relative and patient in the hospital's intensive unit.
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