Architects Journal

The use of colour in hospitals and healthcare settings is an important aspect of patient recovery. There is strength in colour. This is a factor healthcare designers and architects should take cognizance of as they create modern-day healthcare set-ups.

Novel Coronavirus outbreak has left healthcare practitioners as well as the common man, concerned and intrigued about the need for isolation facilities. As healthcare facility planning and design experts, we come across questions pertaining to Isolation Rooms and whether it is possible to have one in a small healthcare facility setup. Ar. Kshititi Nagarkar tries to address some of the pertinent questions through this article.

Neuroaesthetics is an evolving scientific arena which explores how our perceptions, thoughts and emotions are dependent on and shaped by the interactions with the environment around us. Neuroaesthetics is of paramount importance in the healthcare planning sector, where hospital designs should encourage healing. As healthcare facility planning and design experts, we at Shree Designs, do our bit towards the cause by translating the firm belief in our motto of Creating Healing Spaces, into action, in every project!

Due to the outbreak of the unprecedented pandemic we at ShreeDesigns are conscious of the prevailing circumstances and are making every attempt to be fully operational harnessing technology and digital tools.
We are taking all possible precautions that are needed to keep our employees, our associates, partners and contractors safe and healthy in adherence of all statutory compliances.
This article attempts to describe our remodelled work ethics...

Social distancing, a concept that has been around for ages, is one of the most vital measures prescribed for infection control, in the current Coronavirus pandemic situation. This article recommends and highlight changes that must be factored into the designing of healthcare facilities.

Patient-centred care focuses on individual patients’ healthcare needs and desired health related outcomes. Whereas, community healthcare primarily focuses on the protection, maintenance and improvement of a relatively larger group of individual patients. While their definitions make them seem different from each other, their relation is symbiotic and their ultimate goal is the same; patients’ well-being and quick recovery from illnesses. With this article, we would like to cover the important aspects of patient-centred care, keeping community healthcare in perspective.

Traditional rules of thumb in healthcare planning have changed. Once-accepted rules can now be the wrong course to take for healthcare institutions looking to maintain and grow their competitive position in the marketplace.