TOWARDS AN IMMERSIVE PEDAGOGY OF CONTEMPORARY HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS

 

Observation of Reality

Understanding of Human Uses

Human Experience

Spatial Design

Social Impact

Context

Healthcare environments should be emotional ecosystems with a strong human dimension.

They concentrate:

  • Vulnerability
  • Use complexity
  • Cognitive load
  • Diversity of users
  • High emotional intensity

Educational Challenge

Healthcare education integrates an immersive and experiential dimension. Conversely, interior architecture education still is structured around:

  • Theoretical frameworks
  • Simulated projects
  • Abstract contexts

Yet, designed spaces influence:

  • Behaviors
  • Orientation
  • Perception
  • Stress
  • Human experiences

Healthcare
Environments as
Learning Territories

Spatial systems with high human and cognitive complexity

  • Multiplicity of uses
  • Complexity of flows
  • Simultaneous temporalities
  • Vulnerability of users
  • Information saturation
  • Emotional load
  • Institutional constraints

Immersive Pedagogy

Towards an experiential pedagogy of interior architecture

  • Field studies
  • User-centered analysis
  • Spatial cognition
  • Information architecture
  • Human-centered design
  • Behavioral understanding
  • Evidence-based spatial design

Case Study – Geneva
University Hospitals (HUG)

A healthcare environment is a spatial experience

  • Way-finding systems
  • Navigation
  • Spatial identity
  • Flow management
  • Reception and welcoming spaces
  • Cognitive landmarks
  • User experience
  • Numeric transition

Pedagogical Directions

Potential educational perspectives

  • Immersive workshops
  • Real-life case studies
  • Field observations
  • Interdisciplinary studios
  • Collaboration with healthcare
    professionals
  • Analysis of spatial behaviors

Collaborative Ecosystem

A collaborative platform between education, healthcare and spatial
innovation

  • Interdisciplinarity
  • Field-based anchoring
  • Educationnal innovation
  • Openness international
  • Impact

Perspectives

Development Perspectives

  • Hospital living labs
  • Applied research
  • Human-centered healthcare
    environments
  • International collaborations
  • Workshops
  • Publications
  • Conferences

Conclusion

Designing a healthcare space is a fully human experience

As a Designer I’m capable of:

UNDERSTANDING REAL HUMAN COMPLEXITY

Bringing added value to healthcare