KOSUOWEI, WENGITUDOUDII OLGA

DE. 2016/1611
YEAR 4 ARCHITECTURE
ARC 478
PROJECT TITLE: OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS OF LONG CORRIDORS IN GENERAL
HOSPITALS

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE

AIM
This investigation aims to analyze the advantages of having a long corridor and
the issues that it also creates in hospitals.

OBJECTIVE
1) To obtain the lowest possible construction cost in design
2) To conclude on ways to ease the traffic density in the place at a particular
time.
3) To find out alternative means of wayfinding in a hospital facility.
4) To understand how these corridors, affect individual patients and the comfort
of care they receive.
5) To discuss the concept of better outcomes with regionalization of health care
spaces

REFERENCES
1. Chandrakanth, A (2016). The Future of Health Care in America: Which
Corridor?
2. Tuðçe Kazanasmaz, Z (2006). Design Efficiency in Inpatient Facilities Of
Hospitals