hospital reflections
Are you very much affected by your environment? If so, how?
This basically comes down to Neuroarchitecture which is the study of how we interact with our built environments. Truly the main if not only reason I chose to design buildings really.
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alyssaanselmo_instagram.com“Two days into my mother’s last hospital admission, I was walking down the corridor when I discovered a seating alcove. It was located between the entrance to the visitor’s bathroom and the lift lobby, just out of sight of the lift doors but less than three steps around the corner. As an architect, I’ve long been a fan of intimately scaled seating... See more
“the practice of putting one’s own life on hold as a family member nears the end of life is not widely recognised. Because this is so seldom talked about, it is seldom adequately designed for. In shedding light on this experience, these four stories make evident the ways that aesthetics are felt emotionally as the built environment takes on a... See more
“Yet, scholars have pointed to the importance of gathering these views precisely because needs and preferences are prone to change as a patient more closely approaches death (;”
Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
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Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
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“a question I am often asked is whether there were any observable differences between what patients wanted or needed from the built environment, and what their families wanted or needed”
Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
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Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
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“grounded in the belief that the architecture created for palliative care should do more to accommodate and express compassion towards its occupants”
Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
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Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
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“Not unlike Frame, I too felt at once inside and outside of the experience of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life. There, but somehow also oddly removed”
Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
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Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
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“They would seek shelter within a vinyl upholstered alcove directly adjacent to the lift lobby because it was literally the only space on offer.”
Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
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Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
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“Loved ones being met with devastating news would have that news delivered in bustling corridors.”
Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
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Expectation, emotion and the built environment: experiences of occupying hospital spaces as a loved one nears the end of life
https://mh.bmj.com/content/51/1/86
via Instapaper