THE CIRCULATION SYSTEM OF BUILDINGS: A KEY DETERMINANT OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE QUALITY OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE FOR PEOPLE

• Authors: Čerešňová Zuzana , Kacej Michal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article focuses on the impacts of the built environment of healthcare and social care facilities on people with cognitive impairments. It emphasizes that the building’s circulation system has the most significant influence on the quality of care provided and social behaviour. A variety of circulation systems and the reasons supporting their design are examined through examples, including Robert Hooke’s redesign of Bethlem Hospital, Thomas Story Kirkbride’s linear circulation system, Jeremy Bentham’s radial circulation system, and others. The article provides a historical overview of the typology of purpose-built social and healthcare facilities for people with disabilities and describes the process of deinstitutionalization as healthcare providers turned towards community-based services for people with mental illness and cognitive impairments. In conclusion, the article outlines a vision of possible solutions that take into account the current economic and technological requirements of care facilities.

Keywords

EN

CIRCULATION SYSTEM; SOCIAL CARE FACILITIES; HEALTHCARE FACILITIES; BUILDINGS

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 71
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 244 – 260

Contributors

author

Čerešňová Zuzana

• Faculty of Architecture and Design, Slovak University of Technology, Námestie slobody 19, 812 45 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-4501

author

Kacej Michal

• https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4027-0304

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/SN.2023.3.23