Hospital designs in tropical Malaysia: towards a green agenda

‘Sustainability’ as a terminology, is a broad concept with a tendency of being abused through being trendy and over commercialisation. In the arena of hospital design, new is always associated to being modern. Modern hospitals now must be green or designed with sustainability concept. In the quest o...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina, Sapian, Abdul Razak, Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita, Aripin, Srazali
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	NA4100 Special classes of buildings
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spelling	iium-329642013-12-19T00:51:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32964/ Hospital designs in tropical Malaysia: towards a green agenda Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Sapian, Abdul Razak Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Aripin, Srazali NA4100 Special classes of buildings ‘Sustainability’ as a terminology, is a broad concept with a tendency of being abused through being trendy and over commercialisation. In the arena of hospital design, new is always associated to being modern. Modern hospitals now must be green or designed with sustainability concept. In the quest of getting to know the “tree” from “the forest” from among the hundreds of existing hospitals ranged from colonial, early independence to new hospital designs, a yardstick to measure those that is actually “green” and “sustainable” need to be set. The study intend to provide definition and criteria of green hospital designs in local tropical Malaysia apart from global definition. A qualitative methodology through case studies of hospital designs throughout the century was adopted for the study to look into aspects of the architecture that significantly affect health through effect of building configuration, form, space quality and material use. Preliminary findings indicate that there are both intuitive and mandatory green considerations in the designs, but had however over times overcome by quantum of the development that require compromises through prioritization due many factors from among others, condition of the site, construction, planning and economics. Significance of the findings will contribute to the criteria for healthcare building Green requirement in tropical Malaysia. 2013-09-26 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32964/1/Hospital_Designs_in_Tropical_Malaysia-Towards_a_Green_Agenda-UIAPHG13_%5BAutosaved%5D.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32964/2/UIA_PHG_2013_Forum_-_Schedule_at_a_Glance.pdf Mohd Nawawi, Norwina and Sapian, Abdul Razak and Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita and Aripin, Srazali (2013) Hospital designs in tropical Malaysia: towards a green agenda. In: UIA-PHG Annual Healthcare Forum + GUPHA Meeting at IIDEX Canada, 24-28th September 2013, Direct Energy Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. http://www.iidexcanada.com/2013/uploads/IIDEX13_UIA-PHG_Forum_Program.pdf
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description	‘Sustainability’ as a terminology, is a broad concept with a tendency of being abused through being trendy and over commercialisation. In the arena of hospital design, new is always associated to being modern. Modern hospitals now must be green or designed with sustainability concept. In the quest of getting to know the “tree” from “the forest” from among the hundreds of existing hospitals ranged from colonial, early independence to new hospital designs, a yardstick to measure those that is actually “green” and “sustainable” need to be set. The study intend to provide definition and criteria of green hospital designs in local tropical Malaysia apart from global definition. A qualitative methodology through case studies of hospital designs throughout the century was adopted for the study to look into aspects of the architecture that significantly affect health through effect of building configuration, form, space quality and material use. Preliminary findings indicate that there are both intuitive and mandatory green considerations in the designs, but had however over times overcome by quantum of the development that require compromises through prioritization due many factors from among others, condition of the site, construction, planning and economics. Significance of the findings will contribute to the criteria for healthcare building Green requirement in tropical Malaysia.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Sapian, Abdul Razak Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Aripin, Srazali
author_facet	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Sapian, Abdul Razak Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Aripin, Srazali
author_sort	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
title	Hospital designs in tropical Malaysia: towards a green agenda
title_short	Hospital designs in tropical Malaysia: towards a green agenda
title_full	Hospital designs in tropical Malaysia: towards a green agenda
title_fullStr	Hospital designs in tropical Malaysia: towards a green agenda
title_full_unstemmed	Hospital designs in tropical Malaysia: towards a green agenda
title_sort	hospital designs in tropical malaysia: towards a green agenda
publishDate	2013
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