Healthcare Design Basics: A Comprehensive Guide

By Mark Karlen (Author), Healthcare Design Basics offers an approachable and robust treatment of designing and planning spaces for use in healthcare settings. This book prepares students for a specialty rapidly growing in importance and size, covering the critical aspects of healthcare design.

Overview of Healthcare Design

Healthcare Design Basics adopts an approach designed to crystalize the most important elements of broad range of ambulatory facilities for healthcare design students and new professionals in a clear, concise, and approachable way. The authors combine a broad overview of numerous ambulatory healthcare typologies with exercises that allow students to prepare detailed plans for many of the most commonly used rooms and typologies in the healthcare industry, thus preparing them for the demands of professional positions.

Design Elements for Ambulatory Healthcare Facilities

The book includes step-by-step studio guidance outlining the basic design elements required for a wide range of ambulatory healthcare facilities and rooms. It provides comprehensive explorations of the demands of new and improved healthcare facilities that meet the needs of an aging population. It also discusses the space planning challenges involved in designing rooms and facilities for use during public health crises, including pandemics.

Visual Aids and Examples

Dozens of full-color images illustrate and highlight important concepts, examples, and design solutions, making the book an invaluable resource for students of interior design, architecture, and emerging professionals. Healthcare Design Basics also benefits professionals tasked with the initial planning and design of ambulatory facilities, and other healthcare settings.

Published by Wiley on February 9, 2023, Healthcare Design Basics is available in English. The ISBNs are 9781119813675 and 9781119813736.