POST-OCCUPANCY EVALUATION FOR OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT IN KAFR EL SHEIKH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Lecturer, Architecture Department, faculty of Engineering, Kafr Elsheikh University

2 Assoc.prof, Architecture Department, faculty of Engineering, Kafr Elsheikh University

Abstract

Methods of health care buildings Post- Occupancy are variable، including the quality of the design، the measurement of the service provided، measuring their impact on the patients and the users، or the management system. Post- Occupancy is evaluated through field visits، observation and data collection from the users to the building The aim of the research is to try to understand the Outpatient department at Hospital of Kafr Al Sheikh University and the reactions of users during their time in the department and their impact on the elements of utility and use represented by the effectiveness of the architectural design of the department and the Spatial organization As well as user psychology and the health and safety of users by identifying a set of elements through which to measure the extent of preservation of the user. Health and safety of users on the other hand، the research was based on data collection through the field visit to department and interview and dialogue with users such as patients and staff and engineering management in hospital.
The research found a number of elements of the assessment of works that can be included in the system of general occupancy evaluation of the hospital، including a three-dimensional proposal to modify the department of outpatient clinic Kafr Al Sheikh University.

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