DESIGNING FOR HEALING AND INFECTION CONTROL

摘要

Learning Objective One-Identify how nature can connect a project's site and fabricated open space to provide a healing environment. The newly constructed Lakeway Regional Medical Center is located in Lakeway, Texas, a resort community situated on Lake Travis 25 miles west of downtown Austin in the Texas Hill Country. The full-service hospital, opened in April 2012, combines state-of-the-art medical technology and the plush comforts of home, while serving as the primary acute care hospital for this community. In designing the facility and programs, administrators and designers took cues from the hospitality industry to make this hospital a far more comforting environment than typically found in standard hospitals.