Study Of Designing Nursing Units In The Large-scale Urban Hospitals Under The Background Of New Medical Modes

The modes of medical operation are transforming from pure biomedical mode to the combinational mode of biology, psychology and sociology. Under this circumstances, the function of hospitals are changing from simply curing to the combination of curing, healthcare, prophylaxis and recovering, and this transition implies the change of architecture design substantially. China started the reformation of hospitals shortly ago. Some large-scale hospitals in big cities are undergoing refurbishment, expansion and even reconstruction, and it is expected that more hospitals in small cities will also require to be rebuilt.The nursing unit is an essential component where patients spend most of their time in. Thus, the quality of its design will impact curing and recovery process greatly. To some extent, most architects having opportunities to get in touch with the design of hospitals (nursing units) have been confused with the complicated and variable functions involved. As similar to the other substances in this world, general principles are predicted behind the complicated phenomenon. To our case of hospital design, the principle could be generalized as Systemic Design Language. Based upon such a background, this thesis aims to create a common language for the design of nursing units in large-scale urban hospitals in China. This language will be able to work as a reference and alleviate the repetition in the future architecture design of nursing units.This thesis consists of the following four parts:Part I. Analysis of the impact of the development of medical modes on the hospital architecture and nursing unit design. Explanation of the reasons of my research.Part II. Discussion of the potential problems existing in current nursing unit designs by publication reading, on-site investigation and survey. Part III. The introduction of the design mode language for nursing unit design in contemporary large-scale urban hospitals, based upon the methods advanced in Architecture Mode Language by C. Alexandra. Part IV. The application of the modal language by experiences.