Promoting Wellness through Healthcare Interior Design!
Wellness is not about treating illness, but about creating a psychologically supportive healthcare environment that can promote natural healing! Stress and Depression are two common conditions that are affecting a majority of the country’s population. Given the fast-paced and zero-healthy…
Healthcare Interior Design Process Lifecycle - An Overview!
“Interior Design is Art optimized to meet Objectives” It’s been more than a decade now since I started my career as an Interior Designer. I’ve seen the ups and downs of the healthcare industry and witnessed drastic changes in one of the most rapidly emerging sector. From novel discoveries to…
Using Sustainable Material and Zero VOC Materials in Medical Spaces
In the words of Mr. Lloyd Dean, CEO of Catholic Healthcare West 2000, at the Setting Healthcare’s Environmental Agenda Conference, “A consistent ethic means that our healthcare organizations must change practices…we see a clear link between environmental responsibility and our basic mission, which…
Psychology of the color Green, and its effect in Interior Design
The Origin of ‘Green’ The word ‘green’ in modern English is derived from the Middle English and Anglo-Saxon word ‘grene’, which has the same meaning as ‘grass’ and ‘grow’ in German. In optical physics, the color green lies within a wavelength of roughly 495–570 nm. Green is the color of the living…
Importance of Lighting in Hospital Interiors – Part II
Major Types of Lighting used in Hospitals We have also summarized the most important areas in a hospital that need special focus with respect to lighting. Some of them are as follows. Operating Rooms Surgical theatre and operating room environment needs the right kind of lighting, which should be…
Importance of Lighting in Hospital Interiors – Part I
At LA Healthcare Design Inc., we believe that understanding the types of lighting used in interior design, and the importance of each type is essential to derive the right approach of interior lighting in any healthcare setting. Basic Types of Lighting used in Interior Design This article aims to…
Cardiology and Healthcare Interior Design
Cardiology healthcare spaces Cardiology healthcare spaces are huge investments comprising several areas of clinical care, demanding a high-level patient maintenance and an extremely peaceful environment, considering the longer duration of patient stay. Unlike other healthcare facilities, a major…
Psychology of colors in pediatric healthcare spaces
The science of understanding the healing powers of colors, and patients’ response towards different shades of colors is called chromatherapy or colorology. Although the theory is accepted as a pseudoscience, it is not an exaggeration when we say that colors can re-energize the unhealthy cells, in…
Importance of Dental Office Design
Significance of planning and designing dental spaces Usually, dental offices are boring, dull and colorless spaces. However, the trend has changed over the past few years, during which the potential impact of medical spaces on patient psychological health has been widely accepted. Healthcare…
Healthcare interior design and its impact on patients
Designers transform the view of healthcare spaces into more sophisticated environments that can engage patients into a conscious process of inner healing and mental peace. The big idea is to create a more comfortable home-like feeling and a sense of hope & confidence among the patients and…