Architecture and Health

Dina Battisto, BArch, MArch, MS, PhD, is an associate professor of architecture at Clemson University, where she teaches in the graduate Architecture + Health program. Her research and scholarship activities focus on studying relationships between health, healthcare, and the built environment.Jacob J. Wilhelm works in architectural practice and publication, exploring hospitality, housing, and vernacular solutions for growing mountain and remote regions.

“One of the traps experienced healthcare architects fall into is replicating the status quo. The primary strengths of this book are, firstly, the diversity of ideas and approaches from all over the world force the reader to explore new ideas and approaches. Secondly, the use of case studies takes ideas beyond the conceptual and demonstrates their execution, thereby, helping the reader to understand the applicability to his or her situation. I would highly recommend this book to those who want to step back and reflect on the greater issue of health and environment.”Joyce Durham RN, AIA, EDAC, Director of Facilities Strategic Planning; New York-Presbyterian"Architecture and Health reflects the broadened identity of both the architecture and health professions: architects now recognize that their responsibilities include the global built environment, while health professionals have begun to embrace global health and well-being as central to their work. The essays in this book also help us understand why that change has happened: both our built environment and our health system are unsustainable, inequitable, and unaffordable in their current form."Thomas Fisher Professor, School of Architecture; Director, Minnesota Design Center, University of Minnesota

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsKey Terms Introduction: Discovering an Architecture for HealthDina Battisto and Jacob J. WilhelmPart 1: Individual Health Healthcare Facilities for Children: Designing for Distinct Age GroupsAllen Buie Elderly Autonomy through Architecture: Building a Fifth-Generation Residential Care HomeDietger Wissounig and Birgit Prack Advancing Rehabilitation: Design that Considers Physical and Cognitive Disabilities Brenna Costello Design Attributes for Improved Mental and Behavioral HealthMardelle McCuskey Shepley and Naomi A. Sachs Renewing the Human Spirit Through Design: Celebrating Maggie’s CentresJamie MitchellPart 2: Community Health Creating Healthy Communities Through Wellness Districts and Health Campuses Shannon Kraus, Kate Renner, Dina Battisto, and Brett Jacobs Superhospitals: The Next Generation of Public Hospitals in ScandinaviaKlavs Hyttel A Rebirth of the Consolidated Health Campus: The New Parkland Hospital Matthew Suarez and James J. Atkinson Defining a Project Method: Ensuring Project Success with Pre-Design Planning Harm Hollander The Efficacy of Healing Gardens: Integrating Landscape Architecture for HealthKatharina Nieberler-Walker, Cheryl Desha, Omniya El Baghdadi, and Angela Reeve Lean Design: The Everett Clinic at Smokey PointBarbara Anderson, Melanie Yaris, and Julia Leitman Employee Wellness: The Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center at Mayo ClinicPeter G. Smith and Stephen N. Berg From Vice to Wellness: Defining a New Typology in Healthcare Retail DesignMegan StonePart 3: Global Health Outdoor Oncology: A Nature-Inclusive Approach to Healthcare DeliveryBart van der Salm Living Buildings: The Bullitt CenterSteve Doub, Jim Hanford, Margaret Sprug, Chris Hellstern, and Katherine Misel Regenerative Architecture: Redefining Progress in the Built EnvironmentRobin Guenther A Blueprint for Using Renewable Energies in Remote LocationsChristopher W. Kiss and Keith Holloway Integrating LEED with Biophilic Design Attributes: Towards an Inclusive Rating SystemStephen Verderber and Terri Peters Connecting to Context: Place-Based Approaches to Biophilic Healthcare DesignMara Baum The Anti-Prototype: Why Community Health Requires Local SolutionsMichael Murphy, Amie Shao, and Jeffrey Mansfield Epilogue: The Future of an Architecture for HealthDavid Allison, Eva Henrich, and Edzard SchultzAbout the EditorsList of ContributorsIndex