Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology, İzmir, 2006. / Keywords: Economic analysis, absorption cooling. Includes bibliographical references (leaves. 88-90).

Thesis (M.H.A.)--University of Michigan, 1959.

Thesis (M.H.A.)--University of Michigan, 1959.

Thesis (MArch(Prof)) -- University of Pretoria, 2008. / Abstract in English. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Architecture (Professional) to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2016 / Children often find hospitalisation an intimidating experience because hospitals are not always the most child-friendly place. This research report is about understanding the way in which an environment can be created that will aid recovery of children in hospitals, in order to inform the redesign process of the pediatric facility at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital (CHBH). Literature on the history of hospital design, architectural and evidence based design surrounding health-care architecture, and the psychological aspects that contribute towards a healing environment, shows that important design drivers are positive distraction, personal control and social support. These devices are used in precedent studies that successfully deinstitutionalised the hospital in the eyes of a child, in order to produce comfort and less anxiety. An indepth study is conducted of CHBH, with specific emphasis on the pediatric department, compiled from literature and site research. The history and challenges of the largest hospital in Africa are explored in order to arrive at an appropriate design response, which is taken through as a design proposal for a new pediatric facility at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. / GR2017

Well designed forms and spaces can maintain their inate beauty and harmony though activities in and around them will come and go. These spaces are timeless. My search is not directly for a form but rather for a pattern, dictated to by the idea, governed by rules about the space and limited only by site. A form that gracefully embraces itself and the reason for its genesis. Continually evolving. The hospital will be my instrument. I sense what a hospital is but I do not know what it will become. A functional organism by nature, it must be understood and simplified so that Architecture can triumph. Therefore, a strong, viable plan for form and space is essential. / Master of Architecture

Thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Architecture (Professional) to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2017 / The aim of the facility being designed is to focus on the resident by utilizing healing architecture, the notion that architectural elements and design effect ones well being. The disease Tuberculosis will be used as a platform for this exploration. After much research, it is evident that the Tuberculosis (TB) problem is worse today due to inadequate health care facilities and ineffective treatment methods, which do not handle the issue with the urgency it deserves. Currently, TB is treated for a very limited period of time in hospitals. Once this time is up, most patients are able to return home where they have to be self medicated. This is a dangerous, expensive and unreliable practice, as neglecting to take ones medication regularly can result in other strains of TB being developed. This is clearly a weak and irresponsible method of treatment, and therefore this report proposes that the health sector returns to the traditional methods of treating the disease, which is through isolation and a long period of confinement in a recovery setting. This investigation will be performed through analysing forms of health architecture and how to achieve a humane space for long term patients. Plants featured strongly in this investigation, and therefore research into the role planting has in healing architecture has been emphasised. / XL2018

Este trabalho tem como objetivo desenvolver um método de análise de risco qualitativo que propicie um nível de segurança contra incêndio adequado ao risco esperado em uma edificação hospitalar de grande porte, visto que o estrito atendimento às exigências de códigos e regulamentações prescritivas podem não garantir um adequado nível de segurança contra incêndio. O método baseou-se na metodologia de análise de risco qualitativa e em técnicas de gestão de risco corporativo. O trabalho resultou no Método de Avaliação de Risco Incêndio Hospitalar (MARIH). O MARIH foi idealizado com o intuito de demonstrar que, a partir da identificação e da análise dos principais riscos de incêndio em edifícios hospitalares, é possível tomar medidas adequadas para minimizar tais riscos, ainda na fase de projeto, e implementar medidas de controle (tratamento), tornando a edificação mais segura em relação à ocorrência de incêndios, sem necessariamente onerar sua construção. O método MARIH foi concebido para atuar como uma ferramenta para o desenvolvimento do projeto, com vistas a elevar o nível de segurança contra incêndio nas edificações hospitalares. Além disso, pretende-se, com o uso dessa ferramenta, demonstrar aos projetistas e empreendedores a importância da inserção adequada e da integração da segurança contra incêndio no processo de projeto de edificações de grande porte e complexas. / In view of the fact that requirements of prescriptive codes are not always enough to guarantee fire safety to hospital buildings, this study proposes and develops a qualitative method of risk analysis aiming to provide an adequate level of fire safety for such a type of building. The method named Fire Risk Assessment Method for Hospital Buildings (Método de Avaliação de Risco Incêndio Hospitalar - MARIH) is based on qualitative risk analysis methodology and on corporate risk management techniques. The method was developed in order to prove that, by the identification and the analysis of the main fire risks in hospitals, countermeasures may be taken to reduce such risks, still during the design process, without increasing construction costs. The MARIH method is proposed as a design tool so as to improve the fire safety level in hospital buildings, emphasizing how important fire safety is along the design process as well.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo desenvolver um método de análise de risco qualitativo que propicie um nível de segurança contra incêndio adequado ao risco esperado em uma edificação hospitalar de grande porte, visto que o estrito atendimento às exigências de códigos e regulamentações prescritivas podem não garantir um adequado nível de segurança contra incêndio. O método baseou-se na metodologia de análise de risco qualitativa e em técnicas de gestão de risco corporativo. O trabalho resultou no Método de Avaliação de Risco Incêndio Hospitalar (MARIH). O MARIH foi idealizado com o intuito de demonstrar que, a partir da identificação e da análise dos principais riscos de incêndio em edifícios hospitalares, é possível tomar medidas adequadas para minimizar tais riscos, ainda na fase de projeto, e implementar medidas de controle (tratamento), tornando a edificação mais segura em relação à ocorrência de incêndios, sem necessariamente onerar sua construção. O método MARIH foi concebido para atuar como uma ferramenta para o desenvolvimento do projeto, com vistas a elevar o nível de segurança contra incêndio nas edificações hospitalares. Além disso, pretende-se, com o uso dessa ferramenta, demonstrar aos projetistas e empreendedores a importância da inserção adequada e da integração da segurança contra incêndio no processo de projeto de edificações de grande porte e complexas. / In view of the fact that requirements of prescriptive codes are not always enough to guarantee fire safety to hospital buildings, this study proposes and develops a qualitative method of risk analysis aiming to provide an adequate level of fire safety for such a type of building. The method named Fire Risk Assessment Method for Hospital Buildings (Método de Avaliação de Risco Incêndio Hospitalar - MARIH) is based on qualitative risk analysis methodology and on corporate risk management techniques. The method was developed in order to prove that, by the identification and the analysis of the main fire risks in hospitals, countermeasures may be taken to reduce such risks, still during the design process, without increasing construction costs. The MARIH method is proposed as a design tool so as to improve the fire safety level in hospital buildings, emphasizing how important fire safety is along the design process as well.

Hospitals are constantly evolving to keep pace with the latest medical technologies. Whether it is a refurbishment of an existing facility or the addition of a new unit, the design process usually focuses on the technological requirements rather than the human elements of such an undertaking. The Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis presents an architectural opportunity to incorporate psychology of the environment into the design and construction of a new Cancer Unit. By balancing the technological requirements with the physical and psychological needs of the pediatric bone marrow transplant and hematology/oncology patients, one can create a healing environment more conducive to a rapid recovery. / Department of Architecture