こどもと家族の利用実態に基づく小児病棟プレイルーム改修における調査・デザインと検証

抄録

In 2002, St. Luke's International Hospital located at Tokyo, decided to renovate the playroom in its Children's Ward. Our group including the authors studied in detail, the issues, problems, and solutions of the then playroom, and proposed the new design. The renovated facility was completed in April 2005. This paper aims about the renovation of the playroom; 1) to report an architectural planning research case with a cycle of an original on-site survey, sorting out of issues, a proposal of design, an assessment of efficacy by afterward survey and its analysis, 2) to examine whether the problems pointed out at the planning stage are solved, the purpose to establish a playroom is fully achieved, and the proposed space has raised the assumed effect by comparison of how the playroom is used between before and after the renovation.