Helping to improve the facade of hospitals to improve the mood of clients

Abstract

Background: Hospitals are one of the most important service and public buildings, and considering the complexities of the mental state of their audience, considering and analyzing the mental states of the audience is one of the most important stages of designing such spaces. Paying attention to the healing effect of the environment and creating a pleasant and relaxing atmosphere is one of the necessities of treatment, while there are no written principles based on the components of the audience's perception for the design of hospital spaces, especially the entrance walls and facade, and there is a need to investigate this issue. It is completely visible. One of the most important of these sensory conditions is to gain the audience's sense of trust in hospitals, and since the audience's first encounter with architecture is the exterior of the building. The main purpose of this research is to identify the principles of composition of hospital facade components in order to strengthen the audience's sense of trust.

methods: In this regard, first, by using field studies, the compositional components of the facade were first collected, and then, by using interviews and two sets of questionnaires, the effectiveness of each component in gaining the trust of the audience was measured. Data analysis was done by comparing weighted averages and Friedman's non-parametric test using SPSS software.

results: In order to answer the main question, the findings of the research explained and prioritized the most important principles of composition of hospital facade components in order to strengthen the audience's sense of trust. Shape, balance and materials

Conclusion: The findings and statistical analysis confirmed the research hypothesis; This means that there is a correlation between the composition of the components of the hospital facade and creating a sense of trust in the audience, and by examining the perceptual characteristics and visual messages of each component, it is possible to increase the sense of trust in the audience.