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The Inside Outside Hospital:: Clemson School of Architecture

This document summarizes a thesis project that proposes a new hospital design for the Medical University of South Carolina. The design aims to address issues with traditional thick-walled hospital designs that limit access to natural light and ventilation. It explores the historical development of hospital architecture and evaluates how past designs that incorporated more open plans, daylighting, and connections to the outdoors could inform a contemporary design. The proposed "Inside Outside Hospital" uses principles like an articulated facade, open interior spaces, and thin patient wings to increase natural light, ventilation, and access to nature to potentially improve patient and staff health outcomes.

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The Inside Outside Hospital:: Clemson School of Architecture

This document summarizes a thesis project that proposes a new hospital design for the Medical University of South Carolina. The design aims to address issues with traditional thick-walled hospital designs that limit access to natural light and ventilation. It explores the historical development of hospital architecture and evaluates how past designs that incorporated more open plans, daylighting, and connections to the outdoors could inform a contemporary design. The proposed "Inside Outside Hospital" uses principles like an articulated facade, open interior spaces, and thin patient wings to increase natural light, ventilation, and access to nature to potentially improve patient and staff health outcomes.

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CLEMSON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE


ARCHITECTURE AND HEALTH MASTER PROGRAM Perspectives: view to waiting green perspective

Architecture + Health Thesis Project, Robert Thompson:

The Inside Outside Hospital:


A Replacement Hospital for the Medical University of South Carolina Charleston,S.C ABSTRACT:
This thesis examines how the historical development of healthcare architecture was influenced by social and cultural forces that eventually led to the contemporary thick building form, which is common today. These settings can have a negative impact upon patient and staff health, compromising the optimal medical response needed for patient healing. The hospital environment should be designed to increase day lighting, natural ventilation, and access to nature in order to contribute to the healing process, support the health of care providers, and optimize their effectiveness and efficiency.

CLEMSON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE


ARCHITECTURE AND HEALTH MASTER PROGRAM

Design principles: open spaces articulated facade thin patients wings

The Inside Outside Hospital:


A Replacement Hospital for the Medical University of South Carolina Charleston,S.C DESIGN PRINCIPLES:
This thesis first explores the development of hospital forms and, their impact on healthcare delivery and patient health. These hospital building forms were then evaluated against the needs of the modern healthcare environment, and used to better understand how to create more effective building form to promote health and healing today. This thesis proposes that through the review of historic healthcare building forms that provide better access to natural light and air, contemporary hospital building forms can be derived that will lead the way for healthier hospital design.

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Inside Outside Hospital: birds view

section : perforated+ articulated form

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