healing design adn architecture

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SEMINAR ON
HEALING ARCHITECTURE:BUILDING AND HEALTH
ORGANISED BY:
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
ACME ENGINEERING COLLEGE
SITAPAILA, KATHMANDU
Presented by:
ANIL THAPA
Email:thapa_anil7@hotmail.com
DATE:2070/09/26

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Table of Contents
 Introduction
 Healing Architecture
 Different Aspects of Healing
 Principle Of Healing
 Objectives
 A Healing Building And Health
 How Should Be Healing Building
 Case Study
 Shreyas retreat, Bangalore, India
 Livsrum Cancer Counseling Centre, Denmark
 Conclusion
 References/Bibliography

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1.0 Introduction
Healing refers to the process of restoring a person to health
also mean curing the sufferings or disease
Mainly focuses on mind, body and soul
 It has two principles
healing power is within our body, the immune system is the true
healer and a guard
treating through holistic approach
(Source: Healing Architecture By Agnes Van Den Verg,Cor Wagenaar)

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2.0 HEALING ARCHITECTURE
• It is important to create balance in our life by nurturing your whole
person, which includes spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical needs
• establish the cause of our health concerns
• stimulate our body’s own healing mechanisms
• increase our energy levels and feeling of well-being
• refers to both the capacity and use of architecture to promote healing
in the people it accommodates and to the need to restore architecture
to a more human and appropriate role than it has often played
"The body has an immense power to heal itself. At
Wellness Architecture, we help harness that power
and give your body the tools to heal naturally."
-Samia McCully, ND

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Fig. Serenity
The sense of scale on mountains offers a
perspective seldom achieved in other
spaces. It offers a perspective seldom
achieved in other spaces. It offers the
opportunity to see a lot without
overloading our senses
When looking out at a great
landscape, one notices that
everything fits together. No pieces
are juxtaposed. This brings the
realization that we too, are part of
that landscape
Fig. Belonging
Fig.Diversity
Colors,shapes,and forms fill the space,
creating a rich environment. Diversity in
the space provided joy the eye and beauty
to the soul
3.0 Different aspects of Healing
(Source: http://www.healingnature.com )

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Fig. Immaterial
When analyzing a space we must include
all of our senses. Besides vision, we use
all the other senses to perceive a space.
These are hearing, smelling, and
touching
Hearing wind, whispering of the birds,
sweet melody, and other soothing music
often help heal and restore peace to a
person from his/her screamed life
Fig. Sound
Fig. Smell
Fresh air brings the essence of the
earth. Flowers,
grass,tress,leaves,dirt,dead and live
animals also provide a variety of smell
(Source: http//www.healingnature.com)

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Water and Greeneries
•Water bodies and greenery form very important part in
healing
•they usually form essential part in central gathering areas
in squares and parks
Interaction
•Nature offers a wide range of amenities: full
interaction, playground, space to walk around,
other natural settings like water fall
Refreshing
•Everyone can argue that on a warm day, a
water fall can be very refreshing
•It allows us to relax from physical and
mental stress
Transparency
•The clear properties of the water plus
the rushing nature of the falls creates a
new vision
(source: places of the soul architecture and environment design as a healing art
by Christopher day)

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4.0 Principles of Healing
• Identify and remove the obstacles to healing. These may include overuse of alcohol, sugar, caffeine,
tobacco and drugs, exposure to toxic chemicals or metals, lack of rest, particular stressors, and self-
destructive attitudes, emotions and thought patterns
• Consume enough water
• Eat a healthy diet.
• Exercise regularly
• Balance the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system
• Harmonize acid/alkaline balance in the body
• Ensure adequate mineral intake
• Decrease free radical activity and increase antioxidants
• Improve lymphatic circulation
• Regulate blood sugar metabolism
• Strengthen digestion
• Balance the body’s flora; eliminate parasites and unwanted bacteria
• Detoxify the liver, kidneys and colon. The liver’s toxic load has increased dramatically over the last several
decades with the mass use of chemicals, pollutants, drugs and hormones that have infiltrated our soil,
water, air, food and bodies
• Balance the body structurally and energetically and improve overall vitality. The body has within it a
sophisticated, intelligent network of conduits of energy and communication loops
• Strengthen any weak organs or glands. These are the body’s servants and act as guardians of our health
• Address emotional issues. When an individual is unable to express his or her full potential because of
unresolved emotional issues, it is helpful to work with those issues
• Plug into the Divine and acknowledge the soul. Body, mind and spirit are intimately linked. A sense of
purpose and feeling that one is following one’s destiny are powerful catalysts to personal healing
(source: Sat Dharam N.D)

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5.0Objectives
• To provide a full-fledged spiritual and medical healing facility like yoga,
meditation, various therapies, counseling
• To provide services to all age groups and class of people: high, low and middle
• To provide user friendly services
• To provide a calm and peaceful environment out of the city’s hassle and to
reduce the people’s psychological stress of the daily lifestyle
• To provide space for recreation away from highly polluted area, in the lap of
natural setting
• To enhance and exhibit their hidden talent by the means of exhibition and
various programs
• To attempt the initiation of a centre based on Healing Architecture in the valley
that would be a typology between an institution and residence; architecturally a
contemporary architecture
• To promote domestic tourism as well as international tourism
• To provide landscape areas for the communal purposes to make the project
more community friendly project too providing required infrastructure services
• To encourage public towards health care
(source: thesis report on “Healing Centre” by Aarjan Bajracharya,page no-3, 14th
April,2070)

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What are the
factors that
create healing
architecture?
•LIGHTING
•SURFACE MATERIAL
•SPACE/VOLUME
•AIR QUALITY
•NATURE VIEW
(source: http://www.healthandhealingny.org)

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6.0 A healing building and health
• aesthetics with improved performance
• a quiet environment-allows patients to sleep
•environment promotes healing for patients, more
stress-free environment
•Not negatively affected by
views,flooding,dust,dirt,smoke,fumes and airport
disturbances
(source: The therapeutic Environment (Richard J.Hazler and Nick Barwick)

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7.0 HOW SHOULD BE HEALING BUILDING?
Increase connection to nature
•A number of studies have presented strong evidence that even
3 to 5 minutes of contact with nature can significantly decrease
stress, reduce anger and fear, and increase pleasant feelings
•can be achieved by providing views to the outside, interior
gardens or aquariums, or artwork with a nature theme
(source: The therapeutic Environment (Richard J.Hazler and Nick Barwick)

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Offer options and choices
• giving patients a sense of control can significantly decrease stress
• can be done by adjusting lighting and temperature, choose the
music they want to listen to, select where they would like to sit, and
control the timing of meals
Provide positive diversions
•landscape scenes reported less anxiety and stress and needed fewer
medications
• diversions that have a calming effect may include artwork depicting scenes
of nature, fireplaces, videos of nature, and aquariums

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Fig: Aquariums Fig: landscape
Fig: Natural Healing Fig: Interior designing for healing

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Provide access to social support
•Provide Nature and Positive Distraction (certain types of music,
companion animals, dogs or cats, laughter or comedy, certain art, and
especially nature )
•Art in healthcare environments
•Provide Social Support
•Improve Communication to Patients
“Health is the expression of a harmonious balance between various
components of man's nature, the environment and ways of life nature is
the physician of disease” -Steven Langley's

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8.0Case study
Shreyas retreat, Bangalore
Location – Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Designed by – Pratap Malik & Associates
Landscape architect – Akshy Kaul
Area – 25 acres
EXTERIORS
•the architecture and interiors are a seamless
confluence of traditional and the modern - tiled
roofs, antique doorways and stone pillars give way
to contemporary interiors and state of the art
facilities
•Shreyas has been designed as a contemporary
landscape to calm and still the mind. It is a
landscape where resources and energy are used
optimally
INTERIORS
•The interiors have a contemporary Indian style
and it reflects on the design, material selection
and fixtures
•It has a sense of openness as the central theme

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CASE STUDY
Shreyas retreat, Bangalore
FACILITIES AT SHREYAS
•A large swimming pool, 25 x 6m
•Outdoor Jacuzzi (by the swimming pool)
•Indoor steam rooms
•Two spa treatment rooms offering
Indonesian, Swedish, Thai,
•Aromatherapy and Ayurvedic massages
besides facials, scrubs, masks,
•manicure, pedicure etc
•Walking track around the gardens
•Nature farming
•Extensive library for guests to borrow
books during their stay.
•Home theatre
•Comfortable, peaceful lounges for guests
to relax in.
•meditation huts in the lawns for quiet
contemplation
•Conference hall
•Wellness consultations

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CASE STUDY
Shreyas retreat, Bangalore
The Rejuvenation Spa & Massage Centre
The Spa at Shreyas is simple, and yet recognized as one of best in India and
aims to provide its guests with rejuvenation massage therapies drawn from
diverse cultures such as India, Indonesia and Thailand. The comfort,
warmth and reassurance of touch at spas can improve the body’s well being
by stimulating its own natural healing abilities, giving a sense of well being
and restoring both the physical and psychological self.
INTERIOR STYLE
WALL
•The walls are painted in alternate shades of light and dark browns to give a
rustic and earthy feel to the spa
FLOORING
•Dark grey marble flooring
CEILING
•Sloped roof structure with overhead tiles and rafts exposed
LIGHTING
•Sense of openness due to large windows with roman blinds for privacy. The
end effect is intimate day lighting which is very relaxing and soothing for
the client.
MATERIALS
•Wooden furniture
•Tiled roof
•Roman blinds
COLOUR
•Earthy shades like browns are the major color schemes used.

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YOGA HALL
The open air ambience was created so as to be in touch with the natural
elements - water, the sound of birds, the movement of breeze, the setting
sun, the changing colour of sky etc.
INTERIOR STYLE
WALL
•The walls are painted white as a symbol of spirituality. Large openings
supported with columns are seen here
FLOORING
•Brown anti-slippery tiled flooring
CEILING
•Sloped roof structure
LIGHTING
•Large opening hence ample amount of daylight. No artificial lighting used
here.
MATERIALS
•Concrete walls
•COLOUR
The color scheme is white and rustic tones of brown as followed in the
other spaces of the resort
CASE STUDY
Shreyas retreat,
Bangalore
(source: http//www.shreyasretreatindia.com)

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9.0Case study
Livsrum, Cancer Counseling Center
•Location – Naestved,Denmark
•Architect – EFFEKT
•Base of Design-Healing Architecture
IDEOLOGY:
“Architecture alone cannot heal, design
in terms of color, daylight quality,
sound”
Major Challenge
•outdoor spaces protected from noise by placing
atria in the centre
•Simple but carefully laid interlocking plan
•All rooms face atria
•Indoor and outdoor connection physically and
visually
VISION
•Open and transparent building
•High level of socialization(two green courtyards)

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Case study
Livsrum, Cancer Counseling Center
COMPONENTS
•Living room
•Workshop
•Administration
•Library and lounge
•Seminar rooms
•Training rooms
•Spaces for wellness
EXTERIORS
•Livsrum is based on healing architecture
which reflects the heal environment nature
•It has increase connection to naturally, offer
option and choices, provide access to social
support and provide positive diversions
INTERIORS
•The interiors have proper lighting and it
reflects on the design, material selection and
fixtures
•It has a sense of openness as the central
theme
Fig: Plan of Livsrum
Fig: Front Facade

23. (source: http//www.livsrumcancercounseling.com)
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Fig: Interior Of Livsrum Centre Fig: social interaction between the people in Livsrum
Fig: Landscape and natural beauty of Livsrum Centre

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The healing architecture is more influenced by the relation between the health and
the building with well designed.
•Provide patients stress reducing views of nature and other positive distractions.
•Develop way finding systems that allow users, and particularly outpatients and
visitors, to find their way efficiently and with little stress.
•Improve ventilation through the use of improved filters, attention to appropriate
pressurization, and special vigilance during construction.
•Improve lighting, especially access to natural lighting and full-spectrum lighting.
•Design ward layouts and nurses stations to reduce staff walking and fatigue,
increase patient care time, and support staff activities such as medication supply,
communication, charting, and respite from stress.
Thus, architecture must have a common goal, to create a healthy living
environment incorporating the physical and natural elements .A better and healthy
architecture will definitely profound and conceive this common feeling.
10.0 CONCLUSION
“Healing Centre is not only to help patients heal
physically, but spiritually”

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11.0 REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY
•http://www.cuke.com/others/shippi-thesis-healing-needed.htm
•http://www.healingessencecenter.com
•http://mohp.gov.np/english/publication/second_long_term_health_plan_1997-2017.php
•http://scienceofenergyhealing.com/why-healing-isnt-enough.htm
•Alternative Medicine Some definitions, evidence & references For Health Care Benefits Guidelines
By WorkSafeBC Evidence-Based Practice Group
•Healing by Architecture Agnes van den Berg, Cor Wagenaa
•The Therapeutic Environment(Richard J. Hazler and Nick Barwick)
•Wasner M, Klier H, Borasio GD. The use of alternative medicine by patients with amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis. Neurol Sci. 2001
•Votova K, Wister AV. Self-care dimensions of complementary and alternative medicine use among
older adults. Gerontology. 2007
“Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the
soul”

26. 7 Steps to Natural Health and Healing
1. Personal MOT
Ask yourself…when was the last take you took time out to identify the state
of your health?
2. Be kind to yourself
Ask yourself…why am I listening to the endless chatter of negative thoughts?
3. Eat the rainbow
Ask yourself…am I maximizing my daily nutrition to nurture my body from the inside out?
4. Be Active
Ask yourself…how have Olympic athletes inspired me to get active?
5. Connecting with your true self
Ask yourself…am I aware of my breath? Am I feeling centered
6. Allow your body to repair
Ask yourself…how many hours of sleep do I get every night?
7. Escape from stress
Ask yourself…when was the last time I truly relaxed?
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(source: Diana Brook)