PAYETTE’s Mollica Manandhar along with Paula Buick wrote an article published in the latest issue of Architecture Boston about hospital design.
“Imagine bright lights, beeping monitors, crowds of strangers and workers filling the corridors. Now add large equipment on wheeled carts, computer screens everywhere, and the voice of overhead paging speakers. […] In fact, the clamor impedes recovery: Rising blood pressure, increased respiratory rates, sleep deprivation and anxiety are well documented in adults overexposed to noise.”
What are your thoughts on hospital design? How can we balance the very specific, technical needs of healthcare facilities with the need to heal the patient?
Photography © PAYETTE, Image by Rachellynn Schoen
Images of the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center healing garden
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