Purpose

Hospital landscape is not a useless space within hospital buildings anymore. It is considered as a supportive area providing mental and physical peace. However, the planting design of the hospital landscape and the way it should be in order to not disrupt wayfinding performance is neglected. This paper, which is a case study, aims at investigating the effects of planting design in Kerman hospitals’ landscapes on the users’ wayfinding using space syntax techniques.

Design/methodology/approach

This research focuses on the effects of planting design on the users’ wayfinding in hospitals. In so doing, library research, computer simulation and analysis with the University College London (UCL) Depthmap software, and comparison techniques are used. Based on axial maps, the measures of integration, connectivity and intelligibility are considered for analysing the wayfinding process of individuals.

Findings

The findings show that planting configurations in the hospital landscape can affect individuals’ wayfinding. Integrated and regular planting design in addition to combining planted areas with the hospital buildings can pave the way for intelligible space and easier wayfinding.

Originality/value

According to the authors’ knowledge, the current study is the first to use the space syntax techniques in the health-care landscape architecture in terms of planting design and wayfinding. As wayfinding is an important issue in health-care spaces, the study findings can greatly help the health-care building designers and the related organizations to pay attention to the hospital landscape as much as hospital indoors.

中文翻译：

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医院景观中的寻路：伊朗克尔曼医院种植设计的句法分析

目的

医院景观不再是医院建筑内的无用空间。它被认为是提供精神和身体平静的支持区域。然而，医院景观的种植设计以及为了不破坏寻路性能而应该采用的方式被忽视了。本文是一个案例研究，旨在研究克尔曼医院景观中的种植设计对使用空间句法技术的用户寻路的影响。

设计/方法/方法

本研究侧重于种植设计对用户在医院寻路的影响。在此过程中，使用了图书馆研究、计算机模拟和伦敦大学学院 (UCL) 深度图软件分析以及比较技术。基于轴向图，考虑整合、连通性和可理解性的度量来分析个体的寻路过程。

发现

研究结果表明，医院景观中的种植配置会影响个人的寻路。除了将种植区域与医院建筑相结合外，还可以进行综合和常规的种植设计，为可理解的空间和更容易的寻路铺平道路。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，本研究首次将空间句法技术运用于保健景观建筑的种植设计和寻路方面。由于寻路是医疗空间中的一个重要问题，研究结果可以极大地帮助医疗建筑设计师和相关组织像医院室内一样关注医院景观。