Harris M
Genesys Health System, USA.
J Healthc Resour Manag. 1997 Dec;15(10):22-5.
About 8,000 visitors each day are treated to the serene beauty of a four-story, sky-lit atrium, decorated with maple and cherrywood walls, flowering plants, towering evergreens, two fountains, and river-patterned porcelain tile that flows along the entryway. This is the entrance to Genesys Regional Medical Center-Health Park in Grand Blanc, Mich., often mistaken for a hotel. When designing the new 379-bed inpatient hospital, Genesys envisioned a facility that reflected a peaceful, comforting, homelike setting for patients and visitors. This vision, inspired by the spiritual values of the Sisters of St. Joseph, the Genesys sponsors, is now a reality. Having a vision and making it happen, however, was no small undertaking, says author Mark Harris of Genesys Health System. The labor-intensive, evolutionary process took several years and thousands of people. In this article, Harris describes many of the building project considerations involved in designing a hospital of the future.
每天约有8000名访客置身于一个四层楼高、采光充足的中庭的宁静美景之中，中庭装饰着枫木和樱桃木墙壁、花卉植物、高耸的常青树、两座喷泉，以及沿着入口流淌的河流图案瓷砖。这里是位于密歇根州大布兰克的吉尼西地区医疗中心健康园的入口，常常被误认为是一家酒店。在设计这座拥有379张床位的新住院医院时，吉尼西希望打造一个能为患者和访客营造宁静、舒适、如家般环境的设施。这一受吉尼西主办方圣约瑟夫修女会精神价值观启发的愿景如今已成为现实。然而，吉尼西健康系统的作者马克·哈里斯表示，拥有一个愿景并将其实现并非易事。这个劳动密集型的渐进过程耗时数年，涉及数千人。在本文中，哈里斯描述了设计未来医院所涉及的许多建筑项目考量因素。
