...Beste Aykut; Berk Aykut Purpose This study aims to examine the evolution of hospital architecture and its impact on healthcare delivery, emphasizing the relationship between design, medical efficacy and patient outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Through historical analysis, this study...

..., the drawback of adopting this strategy is the additional cost associated with extending infrastructure facilities to these areas so that they can serve the critical care patients during the emergency situations (Stichler, 2022). Health-care design Architecture Patient surge Post-pandemic COVID-19...

...Ahmad Sarrafzadeh; Minou Gharehbaglou Purpose Individuals show different environmental preferences, often influenced by their personality types. However, instances arise where the alignment of an individual’s personality and the architectural environment disappears, resulting in a mismatch...

... of questionnaire surveys administered to professionals in architecture and engineering firms, as well as follow-up interviews with selected participants. The participants consisted of architects, structural engineers and electromechanical engineers. The study investigated dimensions related to knowledge...

... 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...

...) developed a methodology for the assessment of the visual impact that can be used to measure and report the level of impact caused by renewable energy facilities such as wind farms, solar photovoltaic plants or solar thermal ones. Architecture Work environment Environmental perception Mental image...

.... Martin John Quirke can be contacted at: Martin.Quirke@stir.ac.uk 07 09 2020 03 02 2021 13 03 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Design Architecture Building Dementia Residential care Environmental audit...

... commonly exist within public buildings in regions of the world with dominantly Muslim populations. Unfortunately, references in architecture design standards do not have information on how to design these facilities. Rather, they address the design of a mosque as a separate building and not the design...

... and how such development has affected the hospital’s architectural layout. Second, the paper assesses the functional quality of nonclinical areas in the Maharaj Hospital to identify space management problems. Design/methodology/approach The first part of the study is based on a literature review...

... plays in psycho‐environmental dynamics, in order that negative effects can be avoided and beneficial effects emphasised in architectural design. Design/methodology/approach The approach taken is a translational exploration of the dynamics between the built environment and psychotic illness, using...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Energy consumption Energy management Environmental audit Architecture Malaysia Residential property The increase of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere is mostly caused by human activities includes combustion activities, which...

... have not yielded the same attention. Furthermore, Swedish legislation regarding the possibility to appeal against building projects is highly extended and allows all concerned parties to file complaints at any time during the process (Lag 2010:900, 2010). Sweden Architecture Psychiatry...

...Mohammad A. Hassanain; Mohammed Alhaji Mohammed; Murat Cetin Purpose The objectives of this paper are to present the development of an indicative multi‐phase systematic framework for performance appraisal of architectural design studio facilities, and to present the findings of the post‐occupancy...

...Goksenin Inalhan; Jan A. Golembiewski Purpose This paper aims to look into the significance of architectural design in psychiatric care facilities. There is a strong correlation between perceptual dysfunction and psychiatric illness, and also between the patient and his environment. As such, even...

... and limitations. There are a number of literary accounts that explore POE in order to resolve the contextual conundrums that have complicated the culture of POE in recent years. Reviewing the history of POE also gives an understanding of the position of the subject in relation to architectural concerns...

..., limiting the relevance of the brief. This paper explicitly focuses on the role of architects in the briefing and design process. It is based on eighteen in‐depth interviews with Dutch architects, all experienced lead‐architects, working for medium‐sized or large architectural offices (Bogers, 2007...

... industry Customer requirements Project brief Performance management Architecture Sweden The brief must define the product and the premises on the basis of the conditions imposed by the business. Finding out these conditions is the most important part of the brief work. Means of determining...

... and advantages for residential purposes, and to develop methodologies for adaptation. Given the intrinsic architectural attraction of the typical Michigan barn, there is a compelling need to increase the awareness of Michigan citizens of the potential value of the old barn since, in the absence...

... the architecture of the building and the necessities of IT as part of an integrated approach. This paper aims to bridge this gap. Design/methodology/approach Based on a review of recent literature, this paper identifies the principal factors of intelligent buildings, discusses various perspectives from...

...., 2003a , b). In this paper the architectural programmer, architect, project manager, project sponsor, facilities manager, surveyor, engineer or whoever is responsible for the collation of information and the production of the brief is termed the “brief writer”. In order to undertake briefing...