Comments on: The Recovery Lounge by Priestmangoode http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/26/the-recovery-lounge-by-priestmangoode/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Albert http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/26/the-recovery-lounge-by-priestmangoode/comment-page-1/#comment-475415 Albert Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:35:21 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=67016#comment-475415 Excellent Excellent

]]> By: oq http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/26/the-recovery-lounge-by-priestmangoode/comment-page-1/#comment-398042 oq Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:53:41 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=67016#comment-398042 I would feel horrible as a patient in such a space. If this is the new trend in hospital design, it has lost the human point of view. What happened to intimacy ? The people will feel even more vulnerable and exposed, and very uncomfortable in a place like this. It is like an open plan office building. The "clean" idea is very close to Corbusier's way of thinking. Humans have psychological needs and the people designing such spaces should be aware of that, not only of efficiency and economical issues. Most definelety, many hospitals today are not perfect, but to me this is not a good solution. It also reminds me of when they made emergency hospitlas during the war...in schools or other buildings. I would feel horrible as a patient in such a space. If this is the new trend in hospital design, it has lost the human point of view. What happened to intimacy ? The people will feel even more vulnerable and exposed, and very uncomfortable in a place like this. It is like an open plan office building.
The “clean” idea is very close to Corbusier’s way of thinking. Humans have psychological needs and the people designing such spaces should be aware of that, not only of efficiency and economical issues.
Most definelety, many hospitals today are not perfect, but to me this is not a good solution. It also reminds me of when they made emergency hospitlas during the war…in schools or other buildings.

]]> By: ah2o http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/26/the-recovery-lounge-by-priestmangoode/comment-page-1/#comment-398021 ah2o Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:15:56 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=67016#comment-398021 i like this concept, but with the public the way they are...would this work? more privacy may need to be explored and noise/sound addressed. Keep going in this direction...it's very good. i like this concept, but with the public the way they are…would this work?
more privacy may need to be explored and noise/sound addressed.
Keep going in this direction…it’s very good.

]]> By: Bri http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/26/the-recovery-lounge-by-priestmangoode/comment-page-1/#comment-393884 Bri Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:21:05 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=67016#comment-393884 Yes I could see this working, obviously some curtains or partitions needed and the ergonomics of the table examined a bit more carefully but all in all I think it looks like a winner, well done guys Yes I could see this working, obviously some curtains or partitions needed and the ergonomics of the table examined a bit more carefully but all in all I think it looks like a winner, well done guys

]]> By: TW http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/26/the-recovery-lounge-by-priestmangoode/comment-page-1/#comment-393387 TW Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:45:05 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=67016#comment-393387 I could see this working extremely well in, say, a maternity ward. It has the feel of a private room without the amount of space required. It's about time we started to re-think the way hospitals use space - it hasn't changed since...when? The Victorian Era? I could see this working extremely well in, say, a maternity ward. It has the feel of a private room without the amount of space required.

It’s about time we started to re-think the way hospitals use space – it hasn’t changed since…when? The Victorian Era?

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