The Patient Room: Planning, Design, Layout

✍ Scribed by Wolfgang Sunder; Julia Moellmann; Oliver Zeise; Lukas Adrian Jurk

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 264
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The future patient room

The patient room is the smallest cell of the hospital organism. Its layout determines the structure of the ward and is therefore a decisive factor for the entire building.

Many requirements have to be met. The patient's sense of well-being can be positively influenced by the design: homely materials, an attractive view and sufficient privacy are important objectives. Equally important are the working conditions for the staff, especially short distances and an efficient care routine. Finally, even the risk of infection can be reduced by a conscientiously planned room layout.

This publication provides a systematic overview of the design task patient room and shows exemplary solutions: both typologically and in selected case studies.

• Floor plan analyses of 25 international patient rooms
• Scientifically sound typological presentation drawing on the findings of infection research
• Of interest to architects and medical professionals alike

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
A Fundamentals
The Emergence of Hospitals: From the Monastic Hospice to the Modern Clinic
The Nursing Ward Environment: Current Care Settings and Their Challenges
Healthcare-Associated Infections
Material Applications and Material Ageing in Hospitals
B Typologies of the Patient Room
The Floor Plan of a Two-Bed Room
Qualitative Evaluation of Two-Bed Rooms
Typological Evaluation of Two-Bed Rooms
Selected Case Studies
Building Structures in German Hospitals
C Prototype of a Patient Room – the KARMIN Project
Architecture of the Patient Room
Building the Prototype
Completed Prototype and Use Scenarios
Furniture and Equipment
Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
About the Authors
Subject Index
Index of Names, Places and Projects
Illustration Credits
Acknowledgements