A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Trends in psychiatric facility architectural design are described. Previously, architectural input to psychiatric facility design was constrained by requirements for patient and institutional safety and other factors. Presently, there is new interest in designing portions of psychiatric facilities to meet the needs of actual users. Public areas of psychiatric institutions and living quarters for patients who are not bothered by architectural variety are now being outfitted with bolder and more complex building and interior designs. Another trend is increasing concern with providing access to the outdoors for both patients and staff. Offices for physicians and other staff are increasingly being designed for convenience and efficiency of work. Flexibility of building uses is now an architectural planning criterion, since a single building or its portions may accommodate various uses over the years of its existence. Although national building and safety codes may restrict architectural design as much as the utilization characteristics, there is some effort directed at changing codes to meet performance standards rather than nonexistent needs of the patients.
Trends in psychiatric facility architectural design are described. Previously, architectural input to psychiatric facility design was constrained by requirements for patient and institutional safety and other factors. Presently, there is new interest in designing portions of psychiatric facilities to meet the needs of actual users. Public areas of psychiatric institutions and living quarters for patients who are not bothered by architectural variety are now being outfitted with bolder and more complex building and interior designs. Another trend is increasing concern with providing access to the outdoors for both patients and staff. Offices for physicians and other staff are increasingly being designed for convenience and efficiency of work. Flexibility of building uses is now an architectural planning criterion, since a single building or its portions may accommodate various uses over the years of its existence. Although national building and safety codes may restrict architectural design as much as the utilization characteristics, there is some effort directed at changing codes to meet performance standards rather than nonexistent needs of the patients.
Design and Planning of Psychiatric Facilities
B. Cochran (author)
1978
5 pages
Report
No indication
English
Health Care Technology , Architecture , Design , HRP/HH , HRP/KF , HRP/MDH , HRP/ZJ , HRPGEO/YNO , HRPOCC/XZ , Health care facilities , Health care services , Health care technology , Health resources , Mental health care , Mental health services , Personal health services , Planning , Psychiatry , Reprints , Revisions
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