ALARCON, GEANNE GERALD D.

BSARCHITECTURE-4C
ARA421

PROPOSED TAGAYTAY NEUROLOGY HOSPITAL: MEDICAL RESORT FOR PEOPLE

WITH NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE
CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Health is a fundamental right guaranteed by our constitution to all citizens. Hospital, on the
other hand depends on what each citizen can pay. Health inequity is very evident in our
society. The community, public and private assigns high priority to improving health
conditions in developing countries.

1.1 BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF THE PROJECT

Health facilities are important facilities of the health care system. The government has been
aiming for the provision of the essential health services are accessible, affordable and
equitable regardless of the progress cited by the national government, the country’s public
health care system are marred with problems. The lack of health personnel, the absence of
adequate facilities and the barriers for the poor to access the health care are just some of these
problems.

Hospitals play a big role to the society’s economic and social well-being. Its healing and
rehabilitative functions empower them to bring back a person’s productivity successfully.
Hospitals are designed not only to not only support and aid safety of patients advanced
medicine and technology and quality patient care but also develops the patient, family and
caregivers in psycho-socially supportive therapeutic environment. The effects can be positive
or negative, no environment is neutral.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The hospital is committed to provide comprehensive and quality health care for the people of
the city and nearby areas by complying with the Department of health’s facilities criteria for
classifications of hospitals. This research aims to provide architectural solutions to the current
problems of the hospital. Problems like; What facilities are needed to comply with
the Department of Health's hospital classification based on the current needs of the
community? What kind of action plan is needed for the design of the hospital to increase its
services capacity and upgrade its capabilities through new facilities? What shall be the
capacity of the hospitals facilities that shall cater to its target beneficiaries? Who shall benefit
from this study? How can the incorporation of therapeutic environments in the hospitals
design help in the healing process of its patients?
1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT

This research aims to provide creative development of the hospital in Tagaytay. It aims to provide
assistance to the community through architectural solutions that can solve the problems and
aims the quality of facilities of the hospital. One of the functions of this research is to provide creative and
technical assistance to hospitals particularly to the citizens. The service capability and the quality of health
care of the hospital. It will also serve as basis for future designs of public hospitals for innovative therapeutic
designs.

1.4 PROJECT SCOPE AND LIMITATION

The scope of the research shall be with the bounds of the design of the hospital and
integrating therapeutic environments in the planning and designing of the facilities. The scope
of the study shall also explore new architectural designs, planning of spaces and study of
behavioral circulation of the users in the hospital. The research is limited to architectural
solutions of integrating therapeutic environments in the design of the hospital. It aims to
create and enhance the design of spaces for therapeutic environments and not meddle with
management and procedural processes in the hospital

1.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

Design and plan the facilities of the Proposed Tagaytay hospital that will meet the
requirements of the Department of Health classification of hospitals in terms of services
offered and capacity to handle patients. The objectives are the research aims to explore
solutions in designing and planning architectural spaces with the therapeutic effects to the
patients. Determine the present and future needs and capacity of the hospital with regards to
the population of the city. Design and plan the hospital that meets the DOH classification by
incorporating spaces to the services added by the hospital to meet the requirements. Planning
the hospital on the premise of new circulation due to the therapeutic based design of the
facilities.

1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS

Accesible - is the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people
as possible.

Healing- is the process of the restoration of health to an unbalanced, diseased or damaged organism.

Health services-include all services dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease, or the promotion,
maintenance and restoration of health.
Hospitals-is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized staff and equipment.

Incorporate- to include (something) as part of something else

Innovation- the act or process of introducing new ideas, devices, or methods

Integration- an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.

Patient-is any recipient of health care services.

Psycho-social- means it relates to one's psychological development in, and interaction with, a social
environment.

Rehabilitative- helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery";"rehabilitative exercises"

Therapeutic- of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods

Quality- the non-inferiority or superiority of something; it is also defined as fitness for purpose.