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CONSTRUCTING GENOTYPE IN HOSPITAL DESIGN : A comparative study of the layouts of hospital buildings in Bangladesh 022
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Khan, Nayma |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Space Syntax describes the spatial configuration of a building in terms of the pattern of connections. The analysis process gives a measure to each “unit” of space and describes how it relates to others in a configurational system. In space syntax literature, genotype is defined as relational and configurational consistencies in the spatial layout of buildings that express social and cultural patterns. The aim of this paper is to describe the genotype of 250-bed hospital layouts of Bangladesh. The study analyzes six hospitals of 250-bed hospital buildings within a cultural tradition. The six hospitals represent two types of hospital building forms: courtyard type and linked compact block. An “Integration” measure is used to look at the distribution of departments, their ranking order, and their difference factor value. The objective is to determine the consistency and difference in spatial patterning that exists in the layouts of these hospitals of Bangladesh. The findings show that the clinical categories of spaces do not show any consistency in the design of hospital layout; rather the social categories of spaces are more dominant in the formation of space in 250-bed hospital design in Bangladesh. This understanding is important for describing the functional relationship among different departments that comprise the hospital buildings and also for explaining how culture and social relations shape the hospital layout in Bangladesh. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://sss9sejong.or.kr/paperpdf/bmp/SSS9_2013_REF022_P.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
