Healing Spaces / Healing Gardens

 

There is a lot out there on healing spaces....

When architects and sociologists and others look at what it takes to create healing environments (what I term 'Hospital Makeovers') they end up describing a garden. Not really in those words, of course....

Actually they call it 'Healthcare without the Institution'

Photo: Blender Nation - Espoo Hospital, Finland

It is an exciting development to see architects list the physical criteria required for healing spaces and it sure sounds like a garden to me.

Jack Lenor Larsen's Long House Reserve

In a pdf of a slide show given to public health architects, (Public Health Group of the International Union of Architects, November 2009) Zdravko Trivic & Dr Ruzica Bozovic‐Stamenovic & Dr Limin Hee say hospitals should look to shopping centers for inspiration...(click below to see slide show)

Multi sensory Healing : Learning from Seductive Design of Contemporary Consumption Spaces

 
but after looking at the slide show (click above) I say they should skip the shopping mall model and go directly to the Serenity Garden model. It certainly fits their stated maxim which is:

 'Space is inseparable from people, and vice versa.'

Here is the physical attribute list necessary for healing spaces that they list in the show - I added my photos...

􀀗Colors

 

Yellow Coreopsis

􀀗Textures and Touch

Chicago City Hall green roof

 

􀀗Nature and Vistas

One of my projects - Johnsen Landscapes & Pools

􀀗Quality of Lighting

􀀗Sounds and Music

Making Headway Foundation Party for Kids afflicted with brain and spinal cord tumors

􀀗Aromas

􀀗Art

 

Art Piece in one of my landscapes - Johnsen Landscapes & Pools

 

So when you put these Together you get a wonderful Healing Environment which is also a Serenity Garden!

 Serenity Gardens for Health, Well Being and Long Life