Hospice in Ry

Dao, Thi Phung Hung

4. term

Architecture, Master

2019

2019-05-17

152 pages

This thesis is a proposal for a hospice in Ry that will provide patients with the encouragement to face the death in a meaningful way. The project’s first focus is the experience of its users that includes patients, relatives, and staff. Nature should be accessed easily visually and physically. The amount of daylight and the orientation of the rooms will also be carefully considered to ensure the patients have the chance to enjoy the daylight sun and a good view. The quality of each room with details such as the ceiling height, room area, and proportion are vital elements while designing. The indoor climate will ensure the best comfort of the users. The architecture will try to create interventions to persuade people to be social and and become more active. For example it will attract patients to take a walk in the garden by designing a sensory garden with several seats in it, applying big glass windows on the side facing to the nature, and consider floor material which is non-slip and friendly for people with walking difficulty. Sustainability on many aspects are taken into consideration by choosing sustainable materials and designing an effective energy building. Painting on the walls is avoided. Strategies which supports to reduce the energy consumption are applied such as passive solar heat, passive cooling strategy, or providing enough daylight during day time. The building elements like windows and the size of rooms are managed to have similar measurements as much as possible to reduce time, cost and labour of production.

Sustainable architecture ; Hospice ; Master thesis

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