Color scheme: Implementation Evidence-Based Design for Palliative Care and Hospice Building

Abstract

The number of patients suffering from cancer has increased 27.8% per 1000 population from 2013 to 2018 and most of cancer patients come from Jakarta. Based on interviews with health workers and cancer patients, it can be concluded that there are problems in terms of space requirements and space design in current palliative care and hospice care facilities. This study uses a qualitative method. The data used for this study came from interviews as part of the Evidence-based Design (EBD) process, which was then analyzed using coding techniques and precedent analysis to draw conclusions. It was found that color is an element that can influence human health, the preference for color by cancer patients in Indonesia is in line with the color preference for hospice buildings and cancer health facilities in western countries, and it was also found that cancer patients need a communal area, consultation area, therapy area, spiritual area, and in-patient area. Each of these areas requires a different color scheme.