関西労災病院の庭における利用と癒しの可能性

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A 5,000m2 (approx. 1.2 acres) healing garden were created in Japan at Kansai Rosai Hospital, an acute care general hospital with 20 departments and 670 beds, for patients, their family members and hospital staff members as well as people of nearby communities. This study consisted of two sections: explaining landscape design from design concept in the perspective of healing landscape and use of the concept of universal design to how each detail was determined for use of people who need special care; and investigating how this healing garden were used and evaluated by in-patients, out-patients and visitors using a method of visual physical analysis of the site and asking and recording pre-arranged questionnaires. The study was referred to the case studies conducted in the San Francisco bay area by Marcus and Barns in 1995. As the results of interviews and records, this study revealed roles of a healing garden at a hospital; such as visual cues, healing space, space for rehabilitation, and place which always welcomes people.