Psychologically supportive healing environment for sustainability in healthcare facilities: A case study

Abstract

The design and construction of healthcare facilities are some of the significant foundations for the survival and healthy living of a happy society. In terms of the sustainable quality aspect in healthcare facilities, the structural safety and functional efficiency were primarily analyzed. In the further development, it turned into the healing healthcare centers together with the inclusion of aesthetic and cultural values as well as psychological and physical needs of individuals. With such developments, the concept of psychosocially supporting design has come into prominence through improving as a connection to nature, social support enhancement, stimulating design features, complexity, and coherence factors. Our article analyses the subject based on the indoor space planning elements for user’s psychological positive experience upon defining the factors with their spatial characteristics in consideration with the study regarding a conceptual model of the supportive healing environment. A hospital project, which is in the pre-design phase and still under development in the Near East University, was analyzed as the case study under this study.