Psychiatric Institutions and the Physical Environment: Combining Medical Architecture Methodologies and Architectural Morphology to Increase Our Understanding
Table 3
Layout similarities and differences for Wards A and B.
Description
Ward A
Ward B
Similarities
Ground floor
+
+
Single storey
+
+
Access to fully protected courtyard
+
+
Centrally positioned nurse station
+
+
Centrally positioned clinics
+
+
Double loaded corridors
(+)
+
Differences
Office area: offices integrated (as opposed to segregation or at the far end)
−
+
Self-contained ward (vs dependent)
−
+
Single bedrooms (vs sharing)
−
+
Toilets: individual (vs shared)
−
+
Gender segregation: single gendered ward (vs female only area)
−
+
“(+)” signifies that the relevant spatial trait is present but not everywhere. “+” signifies that the specific spatial trait is met and “(−)” that this is not the case.
