Inculcating traditional values in the design of healthcare facilities for sustainability: a Malaysian scenario

Words of wisdoms from our forefathers were based on experience and practicality. Human behaviour and inculcated culture do not change but get adapted in the circumstances. Sustainability is about coming to terms with conflicting presentation in our facility design and the need to change our paradigm...

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Main Author:	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) NA Architecture NA4100 Special classes of buildings
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/1/INCULCATING_TRADITIONAL_VALUES_IN_THE_DESIGN_OF_HEALTHCARE.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/3/INCULCATING_TRADITIONAL_VALUES_IN_THE_DESIGN_OF_HEALTHCARE_FACILITIES_FOR_SUSTAINABILITY.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/6/UIA-PHG_2007.pdf

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spelling	iium-154162016-05-08T06:58:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/ Inculcating traditional values in the design of healthcare facilities for sustainability: a Malaysian scenario Mohd Nawawi, Norwina H Social Sciences (General) NA Architecture NA4100 Special classes of buildings Words of wisdoms from our forefathers were based on experience and practicality. Human behaviour and inculcated culture do not change but get adapted in the circumstances. Sustainability is about coming to terms with conflicting presentation in our facility design and the need to change our paradigm of preconception to sincere evaluation of our real day-to- day users’ needs. This paper studies usage of spaces to needs in selected hospitals in Malaysia. The objective is to gather traces of adaptation and innovation by users in their daily routine in hospital environment to sustain operation for patient care in respective locality. Literature review and post occupancy evaluation based on the period from 1997 to date were used for this study. The findings should provide a retrospect on how design decisions were done and imperative for planners and designers (1) to use them as basis for decision making in future hospital projects; and (2) to engage in further research for more practical and customized planning and design solutions for contextual sustainability in the future. 2007-07-01 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/1/INCULCATING_TRADITIONAL_VALUES_IN_THE_DESIGN_OF_HEALTHCARE.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/3/INCULCATING_TRADITIONAL_VALUES_IN_THE_DESIGN_OF_HEALTHCARE_FACILITIES_FOR_SUSTAINABILITY.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/6/UIA-PHG_2007.pdf Mohd Nawawi, Norwina (2007) Inculcating traditional values in the design of healthcare facilities for sustainability: a Malaysian scenario. In: 27th International UIA-PHG Seminar, 1-6th July 2007, Beijing, China. (Unpublished) http://www.uia-public-health-group.org/index-2.html
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) NA Architecture NA4100 Special classes of buildings Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Inculcating traditional values in the design of healthcare facilities for sustainability: a Malaysian scenario
description	Words of wisdoms from our forefathers were based on experience and practicality. Human behaviour and inculcated culture do not change but get adapted in the circumstances. Sustainability is about coming to terms with conflicting presentation in our facility design and the need to change our paradigm of preconception to sincere evaluation of our real day-to- day users’ needs. This paper studies usage of spaces to needs in selected hospitals in Malaysia. The objective is to gather traces of adaptation and innovation by users in their daily routine in hospital environment to sustain operation for patient care in respective locality. Literature review and post occupancy evaluation based on the period from 1997 to date were used for this study. The findings should provide a retrospect on how design decisions were done and imperative for planners and designers (1) to use them as basis for decision making in future hospital projects; and (2) to engage in further research for more practical and customized planning and design solutions for contextual sustainability in the future.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
author_facet	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
author_sort	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
title	Inculcating traditional values in the design of healthcare facilities for sustainability: a Malaysian scenario
title_short	Inculcating traditional values in the design of healthcare facilities for sustainability: a Malaysian scenario
title_full	Inculcating traditional values in the design of healthcare facilities for sustainability: a Malaysian scenario
title_fullStr	Inculcating traditional values in the design of healthcare facilities for sustainability: a Malaysian scenario
title_full_unstemmed	Inculcating traditional values in the design of healthcare facilities for sustainability: a Malaysian scenario
title_sort	inculcating traditional values in the design of healthcare facilities for sustainability: a malaysian scenario
publishDate	2007
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/1/INCULCATING_TRADITIONAL_VALUES_IN_THE_DESIGN_OF_HEALTHCARE.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/3/INCULCATING_TRADITIONAL_VALUES_IN_THE_DESIGN_OF_HEALTHCARE_FACILITIES_FOR_SUSTAINABILITY.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/15416/6/UIA-PHG_2007.pdf
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