THESIS 2023 Rom-Tsai Pediatric Cancer Hospice

Healing environment

Cancer is one of the most difficult diseased to be cured. Even nowadays most of medical procedures are only treatment, but not to cured the cancer. Patients have to go through the process which side effects during treatment are unavoidable.

Especially in children, even the treatments are same as adult, but their state of both physical and mentally are completely different. Children know only that they are sick and cannot do a normal activities as they normally do. However, adults are more concerning on most aspect. From their children health to their own issue as well. These two factors cause bad effects simultaneously, but in different way.

What is a hospital design where can decrease stress to both children and their families during the treatment?

How to adapted healing environment to improve quality of patients and families life?

The concept is come from healing environment which represent through the zoning of the project. The nature is one of the best element to improve quality of life through mutisensory stimulation. Everyone should access to the nature in everywhere.

The nature

Multisensory stimulation helps to improve quality of patient life, which this project uses natural element to let patients are able to access freely. Various type of nature are included. From garden to walk, nature pond to look, and multisensory pool to play.