TY - JOUR
T1 - Architects' priorities for hospital-ward design criteria
T2 - Application of choice-based conjoint analysis in architectural research
AU - Alalouch, Chaham
AU - Aspinall, Peter
AU - Smith, Harry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - The aims of this study are to assess architects' priorities and preferences when designing hospital wards and to explore how their priorities might differ as a consequence of their previous spatial experience as patients in hospital wards and their familiarity with relevant policies and guidance. It also examines the use of a relatively new method in architectural research: conjoint analysis. We used choice-based conjoint analysis, together with hierarchical Bayes estimation, to assess the utilities assigned to 10 ward design criteria, which were elicited from experts in hospital design. A sample of 119 chartered architects in the United Kingdom completed the web-based survey. The results suggest that the top priority of architects designing hospital wards is to create a view to a nature landscape, followed by good surveillance from nurses and easy access to sanitary facilities. We show that conjoint analysis is a valuable tool for understanding the architectural priorities of professional designers.
AB - The aims of this study are to assess architects' priorities and preferences when designing hospital wards and to explore how their priorities might differ as a consequence of their previous spatial experience as patients in hospital wards and their familiarity with relevant policies and guidance. It also examines the use of a relatively new method in architectural research: conjoint analysis. We used choice-based conjoint analysis, together with hierarchical Bayes estimation, to assess the utilities assigned to 10 ward design criteria, which were elicited from experts in hospital design. A sample of 119 chartered architects in the United Kingdom completed the web-based survey. The results suggest that the top priority of architects designing hospital wards is to create a view to a nature landscape, followed by good surveillance from nurses and easy access to sanitary facilities. We show that conjoint analysis is a valuable tool for understanding the architectural priorities of professional designers.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84936946880
SN - 0738-0895
VL - 32
SP - 1
EP - 22
JO - Journal of Architectural and Planning Research
JF - Journal of Architectural and Planning Research
IS - 1
ER -