Beta
ManageSearchChatDiscover
298445

Supportive design Therapeutic effects of color and light of inpatient spaces

Article

Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

OverviewSimilar Items

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Color and light are used in healthcare environments as a visual and aesthetical element, neglecting different effects on patients and the supportive role of color and light. Statement of the problem: This paper asks about the ability of color and light of inpatient rooms to treat patients and support the recovery process. In addition, it asks sub-questions about the concept of supportive design, how it can support patients' recovery process, how color and colored light are used for therapeutic purposes, and what are the levels, if any? Objective: The paper seeks an answer to its central question by investigating the ability of color and colored light to treat some physiological and psychological diseases; and how they can become a supportive design element in therapeutic environments. Method: A deductive approach used to deduct how the color and light of inpatient spaces can contribute to the therapy of some diseases and support the recovery process. The paper investigates the concept of supportive design, the historical and temporal experiments of using color in therapeutic process in both direct and indirect sides. Results: The study confirmed the ability of color and colored light in inpatient spaces to support the recovery process on both physiological and psychological sides. In addition to the main result, the paper concludes on the colors' properties and their therapeutic or supportive effects, which the designer can refer to in selecting color schemes for inpatient spaces to support the recovery process.

DOI

10.21608/idj.2022.135702.1047

Keywords

Light, Color, Therapy, recovery, Supportive design

Authors

First Name

Dalia

Last Name

Tamamm

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Engineering Affairs Department, Assiut University, Assiut

Email

dilla_tmamm@farts.aun.edu.eg

City

Assuit

Orcid

-

First Name

Ezzat

Last Name

Morghany

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Dept. Of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University

Email

ezzatmorghany@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Khaled

Last Name

Abdelmagid

MiddleName

Salah

Affiliation

Dept. of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

khaled@aun.edu.eg

City

ِAssiut

Orcid

0000-0002-1805-6294

Volume

12

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

35210

Issue Date

2022-07-01

Receive Date

2022-03-16

Publish Date

2022-07-01

Page Start

293

Page End

303

Print ISSN

2090-9632

Online ISSN

2090-9640

Article File

IDJ_Volume 12_Issue 4_Pages 293-303.pdf

PDF . 2.2MB

Link

https://idj.journals.ekb.eg/article_298445.html

Detail API

https://idj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=298445

Order

26

Type

Original Article

Type Code

1,217

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

International Design Journal

Publication Link

https://idj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Supportive design Therapeutic effects of color and light of inpatient spaces

Details

Type

Article

Created At

25 Dec 2024