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Author(s)
Alanoud Abdulaziz Alansari and Kazuhiro Hirao
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2017.02.010
Affiliation(s)
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
ABSTRACT
“Paradise Garden” concept has given
rise to the application of several spiritual and aesthetic meaning that helped
raise the efficiency of the therapeutic environment. The hypothesis revolves
around the idea that the technological development increased the interest in
the functional side rather than the aesthetic side in the current therapeutic
buildings. This had a negative effect on the efficiency of the functional
environment and thus exceeded the negative impact on the satisfaction and
comfort of the building users. This hypothesis has been tested through two
types of studies: first, analytical study of four hospitals by analyzing the horizontal projections to
measure the effects of the natural lighting and ventilation; second, questionnaires were
distributed to both the patients and the staff in the therapeutic buildings to
measure the therapeutic environment efficiency and the extent of satisfaction
of users of the building. It was concluded that the natural lighting and ventilation
drive up healing rate in the therapeutic environment. The correctness of this
idea is revealed by the conclusion that the technological advances in the
medical field helped to raise the level of functional performance and thus it
replaced a large part of the role of the natural lighting and ventilation.
KEYWORDS
Therapeutic buildings, paradise garden, Bimaristan.
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