HEALING ENVIRONMENT: SENSES, NATURE, AND PSYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN HEALTHCARE BUILDINGS

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Published: 2025-08-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2238/0kwa8238
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Healing Environment, Healthcare Buildings, Nature, Senses, Psychology

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Karyn Questi Turnip
Universitas Sumatera Utara
Hajar Suwantoro
Universitas Sumatera Utara

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Healthcare Buildings are a group of buildings with various health support functions. Nowadays, Healthcare Buildings are not only limited to hospitals and physical treatment, but also mental health and addiction treatment such as Addiction Treatment Centers to Healing Centers that focus on psychological treatment. To support a faster healing process through the patient's psychology while seeking medical treatment, a Healing Environment approach is needed. This paper aims to find out how the theory, application, and impact of the Healing Environment approach with its three main principles, namely nature, senses, and psychology in the patient's healing process. This paper is prepared by referring to literature studies and analyzing selected case studies by making scientific arguments. The discussion in this paper will be divided into two (2) main sections. The first part will discuss the theory of Healing Environment that focuses on the principles of Healing Environment, and the second part is the analysis of Healthcare Buildings case studies that use these principles.

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2025): Kohesi: Jurnal Multidisiplin Saintek

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HEALING ENVIRONMENT: SENSES, NATURE, AND PSYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN HEALTHCARE BUILDINGS. (2025). Kohesi: Jurnal Sains Dan Teknologi, 10(2), 131-140. https://doi.org/10.2238/0kwa8238

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