Nature through a Hospital Window: The Therapeutic Benefits of Landscape in Architectural Design by Jiang, Shan

Nature through a Hospital Window: The Therapeutic Benefits of Landscape in Architectural Design (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780367641078)

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Nature through a Hospital Window: The Therapeutic Benefits of Landscape in Architectural Design by Jiang, Shan

Nature through a Hospital Window: The Therapeutic Benefits of Landscape in Architectural Design

$52.95
Nature through a Hospital Window: The Therapeutic Benefits of Landscape in Architectural Design by Jiang, Shan

Nature through a Hospital Window: The Therapeutic Benefits of Landscape in Architectural Design

$52.95
Format: Paperback
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Adopting an evidence-based approach, this book uses two state-of-the-art experimental studies to explore nature's therapeutic benefits in healthcare environments, emphasizing how windows and transparent spaces can strengthen people-nature interactions. High-quality, supportive, and patient-centred healthcare environments are a key priority for healthcare designers worldwide, with ageing populations creating a demand for remodeled and updated facilities. The first study demonstrates individual psychophysiological responses, moods, and preferences in simulated hospital waiting areas with different levels of visual access to nature through windows, while the second experiment uses cutting-edge immersive virtual reality techniques to explore how gardens and nature views impact people's spatial cognition, wayfinding behaviors, and experience when navigating hospitals. Through these studies and discussions drawing on architectural theory, the book highlights the important benefits of having access to nature from hospital interiors. This concise volume will appeal to academics and designers interested in therapeutic landscapes and healthcare architecture.

Author: Shan Jiang
ISBN-10: 0367641070
ISBN-13: 9780367641078
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/25/2023
Pages: 186
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.43d
By Shan Jiang
By Shan Jiang
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Shan Jiang is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the School of Design and Community Development, West Virginia University. She is also serving leadership roles in healthcare and therapeutic design for professional organizations, including the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Dr. Jiang was an AIA AAH Tuttle Fellow, Landscape Architecture Foundation Case Study Investigation (LAF-CSI) Fellow, and the Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation (AAHF) Research Fellow. Her primary research interests include the people-nature relationship, landscape design and human health, the application of biophilic principles to create supportive healthcare environments, and evidence-based design.

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