A Qualitative Research on the Role of Landscape Architecture in & Around Hospital Premises as an Aid to Medical Treatment in Chennai

R. V. Nagarajan; Dr. Ravi K. Bhargava

Volume : IV, Issue : V, May - 2014

A Qualitative Research on the Role of Landscape Architecture in & Around Hospital Premises as an Aid to Medical Treatment in Chennai

R. V. Nagarajan, Dr. Ravi K. Bhargava

Abstract :

The milieu of the hospitals ought to be healthy and hygienic for the patients to recuperate from their illness. The role of trees and plants in a hospital premises is considered a dynamic parameter of creating up the hospital quality. This paper attempts to discern the ratio of minimum land / area required for the medicinal landscape to the area of hospital units. The very question how to border out the minimum quantity of trees required for a hospital landscape is the prime aim of this research. Secondly, what are the aspects (air purification, killing bacteria, noise reduction, etc.) to be considered in selection of trees, is the next level of research. Finally, aiding with the statistical results of a surveillance conducted in hospitals, this research narrows down to the ratio (x:y) for a typical hospital premises, where ‘x’ is the minimum area required for ‘n’ number of occupants (patients, non–patients, hospital–staff, etc.) and ‘y’ is the minimum open space required for the medicinal landscape to be executed for a Healthy Hospital.