Horizontality and verticality in architectures for health

Capolongo, Stefano; Cocina, Grazia Giulia; Gola, Marco; Peretti, Giorgio; Pollo, Riccardo

doi:10.13128/techne-24028

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“…The type of building (tower monoblock, flat monoblock and pavilions) plays a fundamental role in allowing flexible transforms. Consideration should be given to this and the long-standing discussion of the best type to be adopted for the hospital of the future (Cox and Groves, 1990; Verderber and Fine, 2000; Capolongo et al , 2019). Pavilions, originally created to combat the spread of infection, allow patients to be isolated more easily, dedicating a single block to Covid functions.…”

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Hospital responses to COVID-19: evidence from case studies to support future healthcare design research

Setola

Naldi

Arnetoli

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Purpose The Covid-19 pandemic has placed health-care systems and their facilities throughout the world under immense pressure. The pandemic has highlighted the crucial role of health-care facilities design in looking beyond the ongoing crisis and considering how hospitals can better prepare for unexpected future health situations. This study aims to investigate how hospitals reacted to the crisis in terms of their physical spaces, which architectural features permitted the necessary transformations, and how this data can inform hospital design research in the future. Design/methodology/approach The research adopted a qualitative and multi-method approach to case studies. Data was collected directly (field survey and interviews) and indirectly (literature, periodicals, specialised websites, webinars, conferences and forums), and a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats analysis supported the data evaluation. Findings Hospitals’ responses to the crisis were guided by a host of variables depending on the specific intervention context and risk scenario. Some key issues emerged as particularly meaningful to drive future research in hospital design, namely, architectural typology, layout and spatial proximities, technological systems, the quality of care spaces, the role of public spaces, facility management tools to drive the transformation, territorial health care networks and new technologies. Originality/value The paper suggests that the current crisis can be transformed into an opportunity, in terms of research and innovation, to rethink and improve the quality and efficiency of health-care spaces, restoring their crucial role of promoting health by design.

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Hospital responses to COVID-19: evidence from case studies to support future healthcare design research

Setola

Naldi

Arnetoli

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“…Di solito l'area emergenza, diagnostica, interventistica insieme all'area ambulatoriale occupano la prima il piano più basso e la seconda il piano superiore della piastra sanitaria (Capolongo et al 2019), oppure a volte convivono sullo stesso piano. Le degenze si sviluppano in verticale ai piani superiori, anche in diversi blocchi.…”

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Careggi Campus

2023

Ricerche. Architettura, Pianificazione, Paesaggio, Design

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People everyday live and use open spaces, so these actually are indispensable. The scientific literature is full of evidence about the role open spaces play for human psycho-physical well-being and health. This book deals with the regeneration of hospital open spaces through the case of the Careggi University Hospital in Florence. The studies carried out refer to a necessary change in the accessibility and mobility model investigating the qualities that open spaces can express for the conversion of the polyclinic into an university hospital campus. Several scientific argumentations and daily experiences indicate the One Health paradigm as the horizon towards which to turn. To do this it is also necessary to protect and regenerate open spaces.

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