Psychiatric hospitals are forgotten elements in cities, that are considered as a dark part of the city, and even the connection with the hospital and its patients, is seen as taboo. The design of hospitals is significant in general, but the design of a mental hospital is especially crucial due to the prevailing attitudes of society towards hospitals and the fear of the presence of patients. Patients with mental illness have been exiled behind the walls of the hospital for years, and they are far from their normal daily lives. During the day, they do not see a view other than the hard concrete walls of the hospital. In this article, in order to achieve a framework for designing the landscape of mental hospitals, the methodology involved qualitative methods by using the descriptive phenomenological research method and a semi-structured in-depth interview with patients. Then, a focus group consisting of the hospital’s medical staff discussed the topic of the research. To analyse the interview texts, we used Colaizzi’s seven-step method, which led to the formation of 164 codes, 31 subthemes, and 9 main themes shaping the main framework. The results and findings of this research report indicate that social and cultural aspects of the design of the mental hospital environment are essential and effective in the patient’s treatment process. For future studies, utilization of an interdisciplinary team consisting of social scientists, engineers, architects, and building scientists may serve to facilitate the production of research that enhances comprehension within the respective domain.
Torabizadeh, P., Hassanzadeh, M., Roshani, N., & Mouhebati, N. (2023). Analytical framework in designing the landscape of psychiatric hospital (Case study: Razi Therapeutic Psychiatric Center). Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability, 5(1), 79-90. doi: 10.22034/jumes.2023.1999670.1132
MLA
Parsa Torabizadeh; Mehrnoush Hassanzadeh; Nazanin Roshani; Nima Mouhebati. "Analytical framework in designing the landscape of psychiatric hospital (Case study: Razi Therapeutic Psychiatric Center)". Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability, 5, 1, 2023, 79-90. doi: 10.22034/jumes.2023.1999670.1132
HARVARD
Torabizadeh, P., Hassanzadeh, M., Roshani, N., Mouhebati, N. (2023). 'Analytical framework in designing the landscape of psychiatric hospital (Case study: Razi Therapeutic Psychiatric Center)', Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability, 5(1), pp. 79-90. doi: 10.22034/jumes.2023.1999670.1132
VANCOUVER
Torabizadeh, P., Hassanzadeh, M., Roshani, N., Mouhebati, N. Analytical framework in designing the landscape of psychiatric hospital (Case study: Razi Therapeutic Psychiatric Center). Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability, 2023; 5(1): 79-90. doi: 10.22034/jumes.2023.1999670.1132
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