Healing Space for Psychiatric care

This project is a deepening in how the space in psychiatric care setting can promote and improve the patient’s well-being. The aim with this study was to create a manual for architects and the care to take part of. This would consist of different aspects of how the space can be created for a more secure, care taking and healing space. With help of the manual the study would continue by creating a healing patient room in a psychiatric clinic.

The main questions were; can we create an environment which improves the healing process for the mentally ill? What are the factors that we need to consider to creating a room for psychiatric care?

This study only looks at the patient room, the common room and how the environment can affect their emotional and physical well-being.

By taking part of already made studies in this subject or similar, making my own studies by visiting psychiatric departments and exploring how the spaces there contribute or not contribute to the healing process of the patient. Interviews were conducted with patients, personal at psychiatric departments and also architects, interior and light designers who have worked a lot within this area.

 

3D visualiztion of the healing patient's room



Colour tests

The patient room how it looks today