Health and Well being
After being to the Sensing Spaces exhibition, it got me thinking about how the design of our health care centres and new hospitals have changed dramatically over the years.
Looking back at victorian style hospitals, they were with out a doubt designed with the over riding principle that in order for people to get better they have to be in an environment that provides somewhere light and airy for patients to recover with the use of natural lighting and space.
Walking in to a hospital today, just about everyone will have a feeling of dread. Obviously no one wants to be ill and in hospital, however there is no reason why the health care service cannot provide a more inviting environment.
As soon as you walk through the doors you are bombarded with artificial lighting glaring at you and are sent to sit in small, uncomfortable waiting rooms with a tiny tv on the wall. No wonder nobody likes these places!
You are also faced with staff that have got the spend their whole day sitting in rooms with no windows and no fresh air who are barely provided with somewhere nice to go during there breaks.
All of these things add up to provide a service that has gone downhill!
Why shouldn't the experience of sitting in a waiting room be a good one, influenced by the architecture, light, sound, smell and space?
Why can't your local GP surgery have a coffee shop?
Over all, this concept of providing people with an inviting space through the use of light and airiness can be applied to any form of design and is definitely something that I will take careful consideration into during my project.
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