The Creativity in the Design of Hospital Inpatient Rooms with Biophilic Criteria

Abstract

The inpatient room in hospital facilities has rules and standards but should be optimized with a creative spatial design approach, such as biophilic principles. The principles of biophilic consist of 14 patterns and are categorized into three criteria: nature in the space, natural analogues, and nature of the space with interior design consideration. The biophilic design approach is flexible, while the hospital facilities have standards that could limit the design exploration. This study aims to see the potential of biophilic principles in hospital design by young designers. This research was conducted by a design project and involved lecturers and design experts from the industry related. The method used was teaching in class and encouraging the creativity and activeness of participants by conducting studies individually and in groups. The main topics in class were enriched with biophilic material and design standards for hospital inpatient rooms set by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. Various results were found; there are 15 inpatient room designs, all with biophilic criteria based on students’ creativity. The design project successfully enhanced the creativity of biophilic criteria implemented in the inpatient room, although there are various constraints in hospital design standards.