The Impact of Architectural Psychology on the Interior Design of Psychiatric Hospitals | ||||
| Journal of Design Sciences and Applied Arts | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2021, Page 41-59 PDF (1.89 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jdsaa.2021.29937.1043 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
Naglaa El Shamy 
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| 6October University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The World Health Organization (Who) defines mental health as a state of physical, psychological and social comfort for the human being and not just the absence of the disease, and there is a growing need to study the spaces of psychiatric hospitals, but from the perspective of the comprehensive concept of correct architecture resulting from the use of environmental psychology and Architect when starting to design buildings and spaces so as to keep up with the requirements of the times such as the negative effects of digital technology, communication technology and industry on human beings Hence the idea of this research, which includes the study of the internal space of the psychiatric hospital by architectural psychology where the void with all its elements and components can affect the positive or negative on the patients PROBLEM STATEMENT The interior design method of mental health hospital spaces, especially therapeutic residence spaces in Egypt, is a traditional method that lacks the use of modern scientific methods. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Upgrading the design level and performance of the vacuum thus, the level of health care in the psychiatric hospital by applying the foundations of architectural psychology when designing the interior of the therapeutic residence spaces. 5. HYPOTHESIS AND METHODOLOGIES The use of the foundations of architectural psychology in the design of psychiatric hospital spaces leads to the right and healthy voids . | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Mental Health; Architectural Psychology; Psychotherapy Hospitals | ||||
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