A Study on the Architectural Planning of the Planning Characteristics in the Ward History

병동의 발전과정에 수용된 계획요소에 관한 건축계획적 연구

Wards are the biggest part in hospital buildings and the flow of medical personnels and materials is an important factor in the ward design. The evaluation method of the wards and is esscential for the optimum design considering function, environment, patient psychology, etc. To achieve this goal, factors for evaluation of wards were introduced and then each factor was systematically analyzed. A evaluation method are developed from studied factors and are applied to existing wards to check the reliability. The selected evaluation factors are limited to the privacy of patient, the functional efficiency of operation, and the economy of wards.