Biophilia As An Ally To Hospital Design
Summary
TLDRThis video explores the evolution of hospitals from healing environments to cold, sterile spaces, highlighting the negative impact on patients and staff. It discusses the role of biophilic design in creating therapeutic hospital spaces, which can lead to cost savings through improved worker efficiency and reduced patient stay. The script advocates for the reintroduction of nature in hospital design, using strategies like green walls, natural textures, and optical illusions to enhance patient recovery and well-being.
Takeaways
- 🏥 Many people perceive hospitals as cold and sterile, which can exacerbate feelings of nervousness, worry, and grief among patients and staff.
- 🌿 Biophilic design is proposed as a solution to make hospital spaces more humanized and therapeutic, potentially leading to cost savings through increased worker efficiency and reduced patient stay and medication use.
- 🏠 Hospitals have evolved from being bright and airy in the 1920s to becoming more confined and lacking natural elements, influenced by medical advancements and cost reduction priorities.
- 💊 The invention of antibiotics and the focus on cheaper hospital construction led to a neglect of the therapeutic value of hospital environments.
- 🌡️ Poorly lit and恒温 environments in hospitals are conducive to the multiplication of microbes, which can hinder patient recovery and increase healthcare costs.
- 🌱 Incorporating biophilic strategies, such as green terraces and healing gardens, can improve patient recovery and overall hospital environments.
- 🎨 The use of natural colors, textures, and shapes in hospital design can create a more calming and healing atmosphere without the need for actual natural elements.
- 🌿 Green walls with hypoallergenic mosses and plants can be integrated into hospital spaces to bring nature indoors while maintaining cleanliness and health standards.
- 🖼️ Optical illusions and views, whether of nature or the city, can provide positive distractions and contribute to a more pleasant hospital experience.
- 💼 The shift towards biophilic hospital design not only benefits patients but also reduces stress for staff and lowers overall hospital costs, creating a win-win situation.
Q & A
What is the common perception of hospitals and how does it affect individuals?
-Many people perceive hospitals as cold and sterile environments, which can lead to feelings of nervousness, worry, and grief. This perception can be exacerbated by phobias, often resulting from bad experiences or the environment itself.
How did the design of hospitals contribute to their current state?
-The design of hospitals became less focused on therapeutic spaces after the invention of antibiotics and the need for cheaper construction. This led to the creation of dark spaces without natural light or ventilation, which are not conducive to patient recovery.
What is biophilic design and how can it improve hospital environments?
-Biophilic design is an approach to designing spaces that incorporate elements of nature to create a more humanized and therapeutic environment. It can improve hospital environments by making them more inviting, which can lead to cost savings through increased worker efficiency and reduced patient stay and medication use.
Why did the focus on therapeutic spaces in hospitals diminish over time?
-The focus on therapeutic spaces diminished due to the advent of antibiotics, which led to the belief that care and prevention were less necessary. Additionally, the desire for cost reduction in hospital construction further contributed to the decline in prioritizing healing environments.
What role did the modern architecture movement play in the evolution of hospital design?
-The modern architecture movement initially focused on patient recovery by incorporating large windows and solariums for natural light. However, over time, this focus was lost, and the design shifted towards cheaper construction methods that often neglected the importance of natural light and ventilation.
How did the introduction of air-conditioning and artificial lighting systems impact hospital design?
-The introduction of air-conditioning and artificial lighting systems reduced the priority of windows in hospital design, leading to poorer conditions that hindered patient recovery and increased the length of hospital stays and medication use.
What is the significance of Roger Ulrich's research on windows and patient recovery?
-Roger Ulrich's research highlighted the positive impact of windows on patient recovery, emphasizing the importance of contact with nature and natural light. This research has been instrumental in the study of how the hospital environment affects health outcomes.
How do microbes spread in poorly planned hospital environments?
-In poorly lit environments with constant temperatures, microbes cannot tolerate sunlight and temperature variations, making such conditions conductive to their multiplication. This can lead to increased disease spread, longer patient stays, and higher stress levels for both patients and staff.
What are some cost reduction strategies for hospitals?
-Cost reduction strategies for hospitals include increasing employee efficiency and investing in preventive medicine, which can help lower long-term hospital stays. Preventive medicine is linked to healthier lifestyles and can reduce the overall disease burden on the healthcare system.
How can biophilic design strategies be implemented in different areas of a hospital?
-Biophilic design strategies can be implemented in various ways, such as using natural materials, colors that evoke nature, natural textures, and shapes in furniture and decor. Green walls, hypoallergenic plants, and optical illusions that create a feeling of nature can also be used to enhance the hospital environment.
What is the importance of windows in hospital rooms, and how do they contribute to patient well-being?
-Windows in hospital rooms are crucial for allowing natural light and ventilation, which can regulate the body's circadian cycle and help patients feel more connected to the outside world. Quality views, whether of nature or the city, can provide positive distractions and contribute to faster recovery.
Outlines
🏥 The Evolution and Impact of Hospital Environments
This paragraph discusses the perception of hospitals as cold and unwelcoming spaces, which can exacerbate feelings of nervousness, worry, and grief among patients and staff. It highlights the historical shift from hospitals designed with patient recovery in mind, featuring large windows and solariums, to the modern era where cost reduction and the invention of antibiotics led to the construction of darker, less therapeutic spaces. The paragraph also touches on the negative consequences of such environments, including longer patient stays, increased stress, and higher hospital costs due to the spread of diseases facilitated by poorly lit and ventilated spaces.
🌿 Implementing Biophilic Design in Hospitals
The second paragraph emphasizes the importance of biophilic design in creating more humanized and therapeutic hospital environments. It discusses the high costs associated with hospital staff and medication, and how adopting biophilic strategies can lead to cost savings through increased worker efficiency and reduced patient stays. The paragraph suggests that preventive medicine and contact with nature can improve public health and immunity, thus reducing the need for hospitalization. It also explores various biophilic design strategies such as the use of natural materials, colors, textures, and optical illusions to create a more healing environment. The inclusion of green spaces, natural light, and views can contribute to faster patient recovery and a more pleasant experience for both patients and staff.
🌤️ The Role of Natural Light and Views in Hospital Recovery
This paragraph underscores the significance of natural light and views in hospital settings for patient recovery and overall well-being. It explains how natural light regulates the body's circadian rhythm, aiding in rest and recovery. The paragraph also discusses the concept of 'positive distractions' provided by views, which can be of nature or even the city, helping patients to relax and divert their attention from their ailments. The narrative concludes by advocating for a shift in hospital architecture towards creating healthy spaces that not only support faster healing but also reduce the financial burden on hospitals, resulting in a win-win situation for all stakeholders.
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Keywords
💡Hospital Environment
💡Biophilic Design
💡Therapeutic Space
💡Modern Architecture Movement
💡Antibiotics
💡Natural Light and Ventilation
💡Microbes
💡Cost Reduction Strategies
💡Preventive Medicine
💡Green Terraces and Outdoor Gardens
💡Hypoallergenic Plants
Highlights
Hospitals are often perceived as cold and sterile, which can exacerbate feelings of nervousness, worry, and grief among patients and staff.
Biophilic design is proposed as an alternative to create more humanized and therapeutic hospital spaces.
Adopting biophilic strategies in hospitals may lead to cost savings through increased worker efficiency and reduced patient stay and medication use.
In the 1920s, hospitals were designed with large windows and solariums to promote patient recovery, focusing on therapeutic environments.
The invention of antibiotics and the need for cheaper hospital construction led to a decline in therapeutic space considerations.
Poorly planned hospital environments can increase disease spread, patient stay, stress, and hospital costs.
Studies show that contact with nature is healthy and can help prevent diseases.
Microbes, which spread in hospitals, cannot tolerate sunlight and temperature variations, indicating the importance of natural light and ventilation.
Preventive medicine and healthier lifestyles can reduce hospital stays and are linked to a more natural environment.
Green terraces and outdoor gardens in hospitals are considered therapeutic spaces, aiding in the healing process.
Biophilic design in hospitals can incorporate natural materials, colors, textures, and shapes to create a healthier environment.
The use of green walls with hypoallergenic moss can be a solution for bringing nature into hospital interiors.
Optical illusions and views, such as digital panels and windows, can create a feeling of being close to nature and promote well-being.
Natural light and views, even of the city, can serve as positive distractions and contribute to patient recovery.
Improving indoor hospital environments with biophilic strategies can lead to a win-win situation for staff, patients, and hospital costs.
Transcripts
when you think about hospitals what
comes to mind
many think of hospitals as cold and
sterile environments
there are even people with a phobia of
these
places this phobias can be a result of a
bad experience
or by the environment itself
unfortunately
most hospitals today are not inviting
spaces
let alone refer to them as healing
environments
this harms both patients and employees
this aspect is quite problematic
feelings like nervousness worry and
grief
are frequent in hospitals the
environment
that surround us directly affect us the
way we feel
it has the potential to attenuate or
accentuate sensations for this
exact reason a hospital must be a
therapeutic space that helps
healing its patients biophilic design
emerges as an alternative to make
hospital spaces
more humanized again hospitals that
adopt biophilic strategies may even
present
cost savings it happens through greater
efficiency of
workers and the reductions of patients
permanence
and use of medicine in this video
you will learn why hospitals have become
as they are today in addition to some
biophilic strategies to improve indoor
environments
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let's start but how hospitals became
unhealthy
although many hospitals today are cold
environments
they have not always been this way
around the 1920s
there was an epidemic of tuberculosis in
europe the causes of this disease were
lack of ventilation confinement
sedentary lifestyle
and lack of sunlight also
the modern architecture movement was
coming about
using the information they had the
hospital's design at that time focused
on patients recovery
they had large windows bright collars
and solariums so that patients could
some bathe
to illustrate a little bit of this
architecture
take a look at payment sanitarial
hospital in
finland however over the years
all the medical advances the concern
with therapeutic and prevention
spaces have been lost a contributor
was the invention of antibiotics and the
need to build cheaper
hospitals since medicine already
existed the thought was that people
would no longer need care and prevention
on top of this the desire of cost
reduction and the construction of
hospitals
popularized unhealthy hospitals dark
spaces without natural light or
ventilation
many recovery rooms did not even have
windows
later around 1970 air-conditioned
and artificial lighting systems evolved
in other words windows were no longer a
priority anymore
it caused a rippled effect poor
conditions in hospitals
hindered patients recovery which ended
up staying more days
and demanded more medicine to recover
in 1984 roger urich
published an article about how windows
influenced patients recovery
from that period on the importance of
contact with nature began to be
studied people began to realize how
healthy this contact
was and helped prevent diseases studies
have also been carried out on the spread
of microbes
researchers have found that microbes
cannot tolerate
sunlight and temperature variations
meaning that poorly lit
environments with constant temperatures
are conductive to their multiplication
that is it was already clearly that
poorly planned hospitals environments
led to
the increased spread of diseases
longer stay for patients stress in
patients
and staff all of this increased the
costs of hospitals
therefore today we are looking to bring
this biophilic strategies back
after all they lower costs and extend
benefits
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according to the national association of
private hospitals
here in brazil the main costs of
hospitals
are staff and medication a
survey published by frederick mitchus
in december 2019
confirms that for u.s hospitals as well
where 56 percent of hospitals expenses
are wages and benefits
professional fees followed by
prescription drugs analyzing these data
it's possible to define cost reduction
strategies
these involve increased employee
efficiency and disease prevention
investing in preventive medicine helps
to lower hospitals long-term
stays preventive medicine is directly
linked to a healthier lifestyle for the
general population
it does not depend only on a hospital
environment
it is about residential corporate and
the city as a whole
walkable city parks encourage their
inhabitants to walk
and have contact with nature these
attributes
increase immunity and prevent various
diseases
likewise green terraces or outdoor
gardens in hospitals
can help cure diseases since they are
therapeutic spaces
they are even being called healing
gardens
so what are the efficient strategies for
the internal hospital
environment let's talk about biophilic
design strategies in hospitals
now that we showed you how clear and
important nature is to health
the challenge is to insert nature into a
hospital environment
a hospital first of all must be clean
and a healthy environment
therefore when using natural materials
it is necessary to take care of health
issues in general a hospital has several
awards for waiting rooms
to operating rooms this different spaces
will require
different care and also present
different possibilities
a good example is sarah kubscheck
hospital
designed by architect juan figueiras
lima in this image the hospital's
waiting room has a large green garden
this element has the potential to
reassure
visitors nature however does not need to
be present
in its literal form it can be present
in different ways colors
earthy and neutral tones are biophilic
elements
as they refer us to nature the colors
blue and green
too in addition to being colors of
nature
convey peace and calmness color can be
used to differentiate
wings helping with spatial orientation
accessibility also includes in space
interpretation
people feel more secure in environments
where they can
orient themselves that is arrive at a
place
and nowhere to go where are the toilets
cafeteria operating rooms among
other areas textures
natural textures include wood stone or
natural fabrics however health
requirements sometimes prevent the use
of these
elements in hospitals as a solution
some materials imitating natural
textures such as laminate and vinyl are
welcome
formats natural shapes can be used
as windows decals on wallpapers
silhouettes
and shapes in furniture so on although
they are
not real life experience with nature
their effects are similar and can help
instead of real elements green walls
like gardens green walls cannot be
applied to all areas of
hospitals however a hospital in norway
started to use stabilized moths and
healthcare facilities
this type of moss does not absorb
impurities
or collect dust which makes it possible
to use
in more hospital areas it is
also hypoallergenic other
suitable plants can be brought into
environment hospitals like tulip
cacti and orchids all of this
are considered hypoallergenic plants
optical illusions optical illusions help
to create a feeling of being close to
nature
it can be created using digital or
backlit panels
or pictures and posters however
some precautions are necessary you need
to ensure that the illusion makes sense
if you want to create an illusion of the
sky
the panels need to be on the ceiling but
if you want to create
landscape illusion it needs to be on the
wall
views we cannot fail to mention the
importance of windows
windows allow natural light and
ventilation
in addition of helping with health
natural
light regulates the body's circadian
cycle
thus it helps the body to feel its
moment
of rest contrary to what many people
think
a quality view does not necessarily have
to be
of nature or greenery
a view of the city is also positive and
it allows patients to be distractive and
observative
of the moment these are so-called
positive distractions
hospitals are meant for healing it is
controversial that hospitals have become
hostile environments
care with cleaning and hygiene is
necessary
however it is necessary to change the
way indoor environments are planned
gradually hospital architecture advances
to offer healthy spaces for patient
in parallel it has been helping minimize
high costs that hospitals have on a
monthly basis
it is a system in which all sides will
win
hospital staff will have a pleasant work
environment with less stress
patients will recover fast and hospital
costs will decrease
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