Biophilic Design and Psychological Satisfaction for Oncology Hospital Patients

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1 Department of Architecture - Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology in Obour- Egypt

2 Department of Architectural - Faculty of Engineering, Shoubra - Benha University - Egypt

3 Department of Architecture - Faculty of Engineering, Shoubra - Benha University - Egypt

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The psychological satisfaction of cancer patients is an important and effective role in the completion of the therapeutic process. Hospital design certainly plays an active role in contributing to the achievement of psychological satisfaction, but we note that there is a lack of attention to this important aspect when designing hospitals in general and designing oncology hospitals in particular.
Psychologists and designers assert that trying to provide a good environment for cancer patients results in countless benefits. The application of biophilic strategies and the linking of the internal environment of nature transforms it into a renewable and inspiring place that helps to improve health, raise mental state, recover, improve relationships and foster a sense of psychological satisfaction, happiness and harmony.
The research aims to achieve the psychological satisfaction of cancer sufferers by integrating and coexisting with nature's components, and this is achieved using biophilic design patterns.
According to TBG Terrapin Bright Green, as part of their efforts to identify biophilic design elements they have developed 14 patterns of biophyllic design, they can be divided into three main categories of how to integrate biophilic design into the urban environment: (Nature in the vacuum - Models corresponding to nature - Nature in the vacuum),
Many hospitals around the world have used biophilic design patterns to upgrade the quality of their hospitals. Patients flock to these hospitals from around the world for treatment. The research explores the difference between following biophilic design patterns or simply using hospital design foundations.

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