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<p>The article discusses individual approaches to the formation of the architectural and spatial environment of maternity hospitals and perinatal centres contributing to social distancing. A ‘functional-spatial’ approach is proposed, in which the boundaries of spaces in the most active functional areas of the maternity hospital are changed: entrance area, reception of women in labour, area for relatives and visitors of the hospital, delivery of newborns, consultations in the polyclinic department of the maternity hospital. As a planning technique for distancing is proposed the formation of a system of space ‘soft borders’ using flexible, inclined, semi-cylindrical and ‘flowing’ translucent partitions. The second, ‘environmental approach’, is based on changing the scheme of communication and environmental situations in the internal environment of the maternity hospital due to the thoughtful arrangement of furniture and interior equipment, as well as due to light, colour and graphic navigation. Such a reorganization of the architectural and spatial structure of the maternity hospitals, based on the requirements of social distancing, preserves the value characteristics of the therapeutic environment.</p>
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The article discusses individual approaches to the formation of the architectural and spatial environment of maternity hospitals and perinatal centres contributing to social distancing. A ‘functional-spatial’ approach is proposed, in which the boundaries of spaces in the most active functional areas of the maternity hospital are changed: entrance area, reception of women in labour, area for relatives and visitors of the hospital, delivery of newborns, consultations in the polyclinic department of the maternity hospital. As a planning technique for distancing is proposed the formation of a system of space ‘soft borders’ using flexible, inclined, semi-cylindrical and ‘flowing’ translucent partitions. The second, ‘environmental approach’, is based on changing the scheme of communication and environmental situations in the internal environment of the maternity hospital due to the thoughtful arrangement of furniture and interior equipment, as well as due to light, colour and graphic navigation. Such a reorganization of the architectural and spatial structure of the maternity hospitals, based on the requirements of social distancing, preserves the value characteristics of the therapeutic environment.

Approaches to Modernizing the Architectural and Planning Structure of Maternity Institutions in the Context of a Pandemic and a New Social Distance

The Academy of Architecture and Arts of Southern Federal University

Architecture and Urban Planning

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The article discusses individual approaches to the formation of the architectural and spatial environment of maternity hospitals and perinatal centres...

Approaches to Modernizing the Architectural and Planning Structure of Maternity Institutions in the Context of a Pandemic and a New Social Distance

Published Online: Sep 04, 2021

Page range: 70 - 78

Received: Jan 12, 2021

Accepted: Jul 01, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2021-0007

Keywords
Adaptive therapeutic environment, maternity facility, modernization, social distance, space boundaries

© 2021 Alexandra Chashchina et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Approaches to Modernizing the Architectural and Planning Structure of Maternity Institutions in the Context of a Pandemic and a New Social Distance

Published Online: Sep 04, 2021

Page range: 70 - 78

Received: Jan 12, 2021

Accepted: Jul 01, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2021-0007

KeywordsAdaptive therapeutic environment, maternity facility, modernization, social distance, space boundaries

© 2021 Alexandra Chashchina et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Adaptive therapeutic environment, maternity facility, modernization, social distance, space boundaries