BIOPHILIC DESIGN PATTERNS AS TOOLS FOR ENHANCING PATIENTS HEALING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RECOVERY IN THE DESIGN OF NATIONAL CANCER HOSPITAL, ABUJA

📄 Project Abstract

In 2014, the World Health Organization in Nigeria recorded 150,000 new cancer cases with an estimated mortality rate of about 80,000. Even with this frightening statistic, there are few cancer clinics and only 11 cancer registries which are located in various teaching hospitals in different parts of the country. These facilities were approached using a generic design as such the psychosocial needs of the cancer patients were not considered during the planning stage. As such, this thesis aims at developing a framework for the integration of biophilic design patterns in the design of cancer hospital, thereby creating a connection between life, nature and the built environment which evolve architecture that can positively contribute to the healing and psychological recovery of cancer patients. Based on existing literature correlating biophilic design patterns and biological responses, strategies for the integration of biophilic design patterns were developed based on three broad patterns ...