When designing Danish hospitals in the future, patients, staff and guests are in focus and it is especially important to design an environment with knowledge of users sensory and functionally needs. Likewise, focus should be on how hospital wards can support patients' experiences or maybe even how it can have a positive influence on the recovery process. The present paper introduces the human perspective and the Danish cultural approach in illuminating homes and how it can contribute to innovative lighting design at hospitals. The importance of having a holistic approach to lighting design is introduced based on the theory by Gernot Böhmes i.e. "concept of atmosphere" dealing with the effect of experiencing atmosphere. The aim of this study for design of a lighting concept for wards is to get qualified information on patients light preferences for light atmosphere by studying the everyday use of light in homes.This explorative study displays the preferred light atmosphere in Danish homes in the age group of 60-85 years old people. With an anthropologically approach to the subject using semi structured interviews, the goal is to explore preferences for light atmosphere when the user are in the control of the light and get inspiration on how they create a private sphere. The purpose is also through this analyse to display cultural trends of illuminating homes, therefore, the paper will introduce the design lighting concept for wards based on different everyday situation activities from a hospital ward.
In the attempt to improve patient treatment and recovery, researchers focus on applying concepts of hospitality to hospitals. Often these concepts are dominated by hotel-metaphors focusing on host–guest relationships or concierge services. Motivated by a project trying to improve patient treatment and recovery through the architecture framing eating experiences, this article examines, from a theoretical perspective, two less debated concepts relating to hospitality called food design and architectural theatricality. In architectural theory the nineteenth century German architect Gottfried Semper is known for his writings on theatricality, understood as a holistic design approach emphasizing the contextual, cultural, ritual and social meanings rooted in architecture. Relative hereto, the International Food Design Society recently argued, in a similar holistic manner, that the methodology used to provide an aesthetic eating experience includes knowledge on both food and design. Based on a hermeneutic reading of Semper’s theory, our thesis is that this holistic design approach is important when debating concepts of hospitality in hospitals. We use this approach to argue for how ‘food design’ is an overlooked element in hospital eating environments today, and further point at how Semper’s discourse on theatricality can be used to add a more nuanced perspective to future hospitality studies.
Allerede i 1859 skrev sygeplejersken Florence Nightingale at patientpleje ikke kun omhandler medicinske og kirurgiske evner, men også overvejelser omkring patienternes mad, samt ikkemindst deres behov for dagslys og frisk luft. Siden 1945 har fødevarerelateret forskning desuden diskuteret omgivelsernes betydning for spiseoplevelsen både i forhold til hvor meget og hvad der spises. I løbet af de næste ti år vil der i Danmark blive bygget fem nye ’super hospitaler’, og samtidigt moderniseret en række sygehusafsnit. I forbindelse med denne indsats er det relevant at revurdere behandlingsformer, og det giver en unik chance for at forny måderne at tænke, designe og bygge hospitaler på. Spørgsmålet er om de eksisterende hospitalstiltag og den eksisterende forskning tilgodeser tidligere og nutidige betragtninger omkring omgivelsernes betydning for patienternes helbredelse også i forbindelse med måltiderne? På baggrund af det foreløbige arbejde udført i phd-projektet Hospital Foodscape Design og i netværksprojektet FOOD+, er det med dette essay formålet at diskutere om de arkitektoniske rammer omkring måltidet har en betydning for den gode spiseoplevelse og indirekte et forbedret helbred blandt patienterne? Der eksisterer en del forskning der indirekte knytter sig til undersøgelsen af omgivelsersbetydning for måltidsoplevelsen, og desuden findes en del litteratur, der påviser hvordan dearkitektoniske omgivelser påvirker patienternes helbredelse. Der er dog få forskningsbaseredeundersøgelser der direkte understøtter sammenkoblingen af de arkitektoniske omgivelserog måltidet som evidens for en forbedret helbredelse blandt patienter. Der er således taleom at der generelt mangler forskning indenfor dette felt, hvis dette aspekt skal tilgodeses ogimplementeres i fremtidig hospitalsbyggeri.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.