Comments on: Healing by Design: The Anatomy of a Modern Hospital http://artculture.com/design/architecture/healing-by-design Contemporary Art, Innovation and Design Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:24:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary Higgins http://artculture.com/design/architecture/healing-by-design#comment-1177 Mary Higgins Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:40:02 +0000 http://www.ArtCulture.com/?p=754#comment-1177 Thank you for your feedback and I'm glad you found it interesting. A Hospital is a culture and contributes to 'culture' as a whole. The design impacts directly to the perceived experience of the patients, staff and visitors. In the case of the ARHCC the old building could not be updated to the required standards so a newbuild was the only option. The future of the old building has not been decided as yet. Thank you for your feedback and I’m glad you found it interesting. A Hospital is a culture and contributes to ‘culture’ as a whole. The design impacts directly to the perceived experience of the patients, staff and visitors. In the case of the ARHCC the old building could not be updated to the required standards so a newbuild was the only option. The future of the old building has not been decided as yet.

]]> By: Laura-Jane http://artculture.com/design/architecture/healing-by-design#comment-1176 Laura-Jane Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:55:24 +0000 http://www.ArtCulture.com/?p=754#comment-1176 This article idea is interesting. Is a hospital art? Is a hospital culture? Come to think of it, yes! I don't remember the specific stats, but I believe that "buildings" suck up something like 40 percent of all energy used in Canada and the United States. So if large, new facilities are built with better energy efficiency in mind, this can only help. (As long as they don't tear don't perfectly good buildings to replace them with more efficient ones!) This article idea is interesting. Is a hospital art? Is a hospital culture? Come to think of it, yes!

I don’t remember the specific stats, but I believe that “buildings” suck up something like 40 percent of all energy used in Canada and the United States. So if large, new facilities are built with better energy efficiency in mind, this can only help. (As long as they don’t tear don’t perfectly good buildings to replace them with more efficient ones!)

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