The atmosphere of a paediatric hospital has been shown to impact a patient’s degree of comfort and their willingness to return for ongoing treatment. Research cautions against creating environments that appear too childish, and thus risk alienating young adults. Yet, there is little advice to assist designers in delivering design responses that appeal to a patient cohort that can range from new-borns to young adults. Here, we propose the concept of atmospheric inclusiveness as a critical design aspiration for the construction of paediatric hospitals and present a contemporary facility that achieves this. Within a mixed-methods study conducted at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, data gathered from 246 patients, aged four to nineteen years old, pointed to a high level of atmospheric inclusiveness. This prompted follow-up interviews with the architects to understand the relationship between this positive reception and the design strategies employed to facilitate it. While critically informed by our broader project findings, this article primarily reports data obtained within twenty-five photo-response interviews with patients, five initial interviews with architects, and a follow-up group interview. Taken together, this data enables a richer understanding of the elements that contribute to the positive reception of this hospital and, importantly, the design strategies employed to achieve it.

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大气包容性：为儿童医院创造一种连贯和相关的地方感

儿科医院的氛围已被证明会影响患者的舒适程度以及他们是否愿意返回接受持续治疗。研究警告不要创造看起来过于幼稚的环境，从而有疏远年轻人的风险。然而，几乎没有任何建议可以帮助设计师提供吸引从新生儿到年轻人的患者群体的设计响应。在这里，我们提出了大气包容性的概念作为儿科医院建设的关键设计愿望，并展示了实现这一目标的现代设施。在墨尔本皇家儿童医院进行的一项混合方法研究中，从 246 名年龄在 4 到 19 岁的患者中收集的数据表明，大气包容性很高。这促使对建筑师进行了后续采访，以了解这种积极的接受与为促进接受而采用的设计策略之间的关系。虽然受到我们更广泛的项目发现的批判性影响，但本文主要报告了在对患者进行的 25 次照片回复采访、对建筑师的五次初步采访以及后续小组采访中获得的数据。总而言之，这些数据使我们能够更深入地了解有助于这家医院积极接待的要素，更重要的是，了解为实现这一目标而采用的设计策略。本文主要报告在对患者进行的 25 次照片回复访谈、对建筑师的 5 次初步访谈和后续小组访谈中获得的数据。总而言之，这些数据使我们能够更深入地了解有助于这家医院积极接待的要素，更重要的是，了解为实现这一目标而采用的设计策略。本文主要报告在对患者进行的 25 次照片回复访谈、对建筑师的 5 次初步访谈和后续小组访谈中获得的数据。总而言之，这些数据使我们能够更深入地了解有助于这家医院积极接待的要素，更重要的是，了解为实现这一目标而采用的设计策略。