HEALING ARCHITECTURE

SYNOPSIS PROPOSAL

Submitted by

B.ABINAYA
151011101002

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
in partial fulfilment for the award of the degree

of

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

MONTH / YEAR
2015-2020

1. Introduction-
The human body has ability to self-heal when put in healthy and
positive environment.Environment holds ability to stimulate the senses.this
helps minimize negative effects of stress on the body,guiding a positive
psychological response.
Self-healing is enabled by the ability of the body by activating the
body’s powerful neurochemicals such as endorphins.Neuroscientists have
found “good architecture can positively affect human brain”.
 Hospitals often instill so much fear and anxiety in patients which
promotes a stress response and the body becomes weak and unable to
handle medication and treatment received in hospitals.Everyone seeks
healing for their mental and emotional wounds.Healing has an ability to
make feel better.Any space,color,person or anything can make us feel
better.
2. Aims & Objectives-
AIMS-
The aim is to create a healing environment in the healthcare centers which
will reduce the stress on the patients,their relatives and staff,enhance the
ability to cope and maximize the effectiveness of the medical treatment on
the patient’s body.To explore the relationship between architecture,built
environment and the health outcomes on human body.
OBJECTIVES-
 Research to promote the creation of a healing environment by design.
 Exploration of the factors which lay positive impact on human health
outcomes.
 Review of the healthcare centers with healing environment.
 Investigation to enhance the smooth and efficient running of healthcare
facilities by the provision of recommendations on creating a comfortable
healthcare environment.
 Evaluation how these factors can be implemented in healthcare centers to
create healthy and healing environment.
 Study to provide a source of reference on design efficiency of healthcare
facilities.
 Review to make an assessment of the physical form of the healthcare building
and its response to enhance patients’s expectations.

3. Motivation-
We see many children on streets whos suffer from hunger,do some
drudgery without education and no with family to guide them.So to provide
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them a better future,children need a safe and comfort environment and

provide them education to guide them in everyt aspects of life.
4. Objectives, Scope and Limitations-
SCOPE-
The main objective of conducting the study is to investigate the aspects
which help in creating healing environment.The study will be reducing the
stress on the patients,thier families and staff in the health care centers.The
aim is to enhance the process of healing.

LIMITATIONS-
 Research is restricted to healing through archtectural spces and
environment,there is no provision of healing through medication.
 Research only deals with healing and positive impacts of factors on
human psychology and hence it is quite limited.
5.METHODOLOGY-
 Detailed live and internet case studies.
 Detailed literature study
 Analysis on the basis of requirement of doctors,staffs,patients and their
families is carried out.
 Analysis of different healthcare centers
 The need of physical requirements of physical aspects-
-daylight
-windows
-views
 Architectural features-
-corridor
-interactive spaces
 Design considerations and interventions

6.Conclusions/Summary of the work

In an attempt to explore the ability of environments to augment
healing,design considerations are proposed.It focuses on communal
usage.The gardens encourage patients to feel part of a larger group and
offer an opportunity to focus on living plants that represent hope,growth and
renewal.The healthcare center design include the very strict regulations to
meet health standards.

7.List of Case studies

INTERNET-
 Muktangan Mitra,Pune Primary Healthcare Cum Drug
De-addiction and rehabilitaion hospital,Pune
 Paimio sanatorium,finland-tuberculosis hospital by Alvar Alto
 Karunashraya,Bangalore

8. List of references/literature studies for thesis research work-

 Healing through architecture article by Shivani tandon
 A article about healing architecture by Caysar hussain
9.Identification of Project site-
East Coast Road - Mahabalipuram Kokilamedu,Chenglepet
taluk,ECR,chennai.
Key features-
a) Greenfield site
b) Sea facing
c) Area-25.69 acres
d) Vacant site with four side boundary wall
Since the site is sea facing a beautiful view can be created.
Ocean is the best healer for anything.So choosing this site for healing
architecture is reasonable.