Designing to Evoke Home

Christine Guzzo Vickery, CID

12.15.10

 

Healthcare design does not naturally lend itself to the comforts of home. As I have mentioned in previous blogs, much of my own design work has focused on finding elements that evoke home and a sense of well-being.

Pleasant distractions in a welcoming environment can help lower stress and enhance the healing process, according to studies. But how do you bring familiar residential elements into the healthcare environment, especially in cases where patients, or clients, may be staying for three to 12 months? Of course, that may depend on the particular project.

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