A Study Of Design Of Out-patient Department Of General Hospital In China

Hospitals are the constructions closely connected with human lives, and they are the type of architecture with professional technology and complicated functions. The out-patient department is one of the most important parts of general hospitals, and is also the part with the most complicated functions. The development of Chinese hospital buildings shows new demands and characters In the new century. The rapid development of economic and the improvement of peoples' living conditions have made the improvement of the requirement of hospital buildings. In the influence of the marketing economic, hospitals are transferring from planned economic mode to market economic mode. So it is necessary to improve the environment of hospitals in order to face the marketing competition.In the background of today's medical technology –developing in the modes of biological medicine, psychological medicine and social medicine, and the improvement of technology, more demands and are shown in the design of hospital buildings., especially the out-patient department. We analyzed the development of this part in general hospitals in China, discussed some problems in the hospital buildings.In this study, investigation of current situations and theories are connected, and thinking in the way of finding question, analyze question and advance countermeasure, try to make the study more pertinent and efficient.We analyzed the history and current situations of designs of out-patient departments of general hospitals in china, though the compare of typical cases, merits and demerits are analyzed, and probed into the factors connected with the development in the past days. SARS has made change in the attitude of people's health. More demands have shown in building designs, including hospitals of course. New demands of out-patient department made more investigation in architecture.We advanced some ways to put forward design of out-patient departments of general hospitals in some specific points, like design trend, space organization and environment design, and advanced countermeasures and prospected the future of design.