| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 170, 2018
International Science Conference SPbWOSCE-2017 “Business Technologies for Sustainable Urban Development”
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| Article Number | 03015 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Engineering Systems and Building Materials | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201817003015 | |
| Published online | 13 June 2018 | |
Evolution of medical architecture
Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Yaroslavskoe shosse, 26, Moscow, 129337, Russia
* Corresponding author: nadya.tesler@gmail.com
This article deals with the history of medical architecture development in Russia and abroad. Numerous examples of buildings of healthcare facilities, from ancient times to the present day, are given. Buildings of hospitals and clinics were erected in the architectural traditions then prevailing. Features of healthcare facilities, which determine their architectural concept, are: type and purpose of the healthcare facility, scope and structure of medical services, location in the urban environment, architectural environment, etc. When designing the construction and reconstruction of hospitals and outpatient clinics, parameters of wards, doctor’s offices, procedure and administrative premises shall be taken into account. Special attention shall be paid to requirements to surgical theaters, intensive care units and other facilities with sophisticated equipment and numerous utilities.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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