2014, Vol.20, No.3

JOURNAL OF THE KOREA INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.46

pISSN : 2733-8649 / eISSN : 2733-8657
https://journal.kci.go.kr/ikiha

Purpose: This study is to propose direction for healing environment design in hospital architectureconsidering the characteristics of elderly patients. The primary goal of a public hospital is providingcheap health care and quality service chance to the underprivileged and elderly in the dead zone. Compared to the rapid increase of the aged population and chronic diseases, Ministry of Health& Welfare is currently planning model of health promotion hospital in development plans of localbased public hospital. Due to the increased elderly medical expenses, elderly patients’ highutilization is considered. Methods: The literature on the design factors of healing environments wereinvestigated. based on this, analyzed drawings of surveyed hospitals ward in architecturalcharacteristics and observe and evaluate directly healing environment design through field surveys. Results: The design of hospital environment affects patient’s therapeutic effect. There is no anyofficial formula for hospital design but environment that architect create could be a big part of thehealing process. To increase the quality of the environment, apply the characteristic factors andharmonize well as a human-centered healing environment. Implications: Healing environmentdesign for the elderly is first necessary condition due to high proportion of elderly patients.

Purpose: Mental health facilities are facing a new social environment. To provide appropriatepatient care environment, mental health and mental healthcare is changing the paradigm. In thissituation, this study research and analysis mental healthcare service system and mental healthcarefacility in Germany. The reason is that Germany has cosistently been building mental healthcareservice system and mental healthcare facility for patient. Therefore, it aims to suggest afundamental resource for amental healthcare service system and mental healthcare facility formental healtn. Methods: This study was conducted literature researches and field studies. Literature researches for mental healthcare service system and facilities. Field study is to identifythe characteristic and configuration of mental healtncare facilities. Results: Findings of this studycan be summerrized inth three points. First, In Germany, Mental healthcare facility is criticalenvironment in the community. And, the facilities are being turned into reasonable and alternativeenvironment. Second, Facilities of Mental healthcare and service system designed by various leveland configurations that can be providing places for people with mental problems. Third, Mentalhealthcare facilities consist of healing environment for patient. Implications: The future study onfinding of the specific environment planning citeria in mental healthcare facility on the basis offindings of present study.

Purpose: As the nation is becoming an aging society, there is an increasing number of the patientwho has Neuroscience disease. So it is necessary to build a facility which provides specialized healthcare. Methods: Field surveys to facilities and analysis to the floor plan have been conducted in orderto suggest adequate architectural composition to the specialized neuroscience center and thedimensions of rooms. Results: The result of this study can be summarized into six points whichcontain guide to how to organize the specialized neuroscience center. One of the most importantthings in this study is to suggest the architectural type which provides efficient collaborating systembetween the outpatient and angiography unit. Implications: It can be said that this paper can beuseful research material when the architect tries to plan the specialized neuroscience center.