| dc.description.abstract | A new approach to architectural space is gaining increasing importance in planning processes in the area of health with regard to the constructed space and in terms of providing the physical and emotional well being of people. This reinforces the necessity of new project guidelines, which can help in the creation of spaces which fulfill their role in providing care, besides contributing towards the promotion of health. This way of approaching health projects is backed by a significant quantity of research, which is changing the vision of architecture and hospital buildings, assisting, thereby, in constructing a new paradigm of more sustainable hospitals. However, until now there is no consensus about which characteristics hospital buildings should have to be considered sustainable. For this reason it is important to have guidance and to create an instrument for evaluation and elaboration of EAS (Health Assistance Establishment) projects, which should aim towards more efficient and sustainable interaction between buildings and the environment. As the main focus of the study, the following questions are addressed: How can hospital buildings be adapted to the environment? How can hospital buildings influence patient care while meeting the precepts of sustainability? This research aims to propose an INSTRUMENT with guidelines for the elaboration of EAS projects based on sustainability principals and linked with the concepts of Humanization and Design based on Evidence, through a methodology which falls within the philosophy of science and design. This will include aligned with constructive research strategy in accordance with the relevance of the theme. The instrument can serve as a base for the development of projects in the area of health, linking up with project and technical teams, besides the possibility of revising and updating norms. At this moment critical thought is necessary to develop good solutions which meet the project demands; architecture with a therapeutic vein, increasing the well being of the patients and professionals, looking towards alternatives and instruments for improving the approach to patient care in a balanced relationship between the built environment and the precepts of sustainability. | en |
