Designing Hospital Emergency Departments for a Post Pandemic World: The Value of a BaSE Mindset—Biophilia (Natural), Salutogenesis (Healthy), and Eudaimonia (Contentment) in Architectural Design
摘要
This chapter reports on research conducted across Australia with clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–21. The researchers worked with clinicians in hospital Emergency departments, often the first point of contact at the hospital for many consumers, to investigate ways to make the layout and wayfinding easier, both for consumers and clinicians. Research suggests that a biophilic (bringing in elements of nature), salutogenic (promoting good health), and eudaimonic (supporting happiness and contentment) environment will make Emergency departments in hospitals more positive places, and clinician feedback provides specific examples of how these architectural goals could be achieved.