GERMAN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. ARCHITECTURAL PSYCHOLOGY

In a review article, journalist Eva Kafke gives an impressive insight of how the integration of architectural psychology into the design leads to high-quality hospital buildings that can also be scientifically evaluated.To evaluate in this context means to have a measurable impact on the health and well-being of the users. Kafke notes, “So far, this has been little investigated or even evaluated.  Psychologist Tanja Vollmer and architect Gemma Koppen are working together to change that.”

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Vollmer, T.C.; Koppen, G.(2021). The Parent–Child Patient Unit (PCPU): Evidence-Based Patient Room Design and Parental Distress in Pediatric Cancer Centers. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9993. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph18199993

Vollmer, T. C. (2017). Architectural psychology in design education. In C. Nickl-Weller (Ed.), Healing architecture. Forschung und Lehre – Research and Teaching (pp. 210-219). Berlin: BRAUN.