Hospital is such an environment which starts with stress, worries, physical pain etc and sometimes culminating death. Every moment passes by tension, waiting, silence and many more. Has the daylight been used for those aspects or only to patients?
Hai,
Kindly see the articles for your question that the daylight has been rigorously pursued as one of the physical aspects in creating a healing environment
https://www.academia.edu/6539821/Healing_Architecture_Daylight_in_Hospital_Design
https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/24281/Hogg_washington_0250O_12124.pdf?sequence=1
Hi, these references may also be of some use to you:
Lawson, B. R. and M. Phiri (2003). The Architectural Healthcare Environment and its Effects on Patient Health Outcomes. London, The Stationery Office.
Staricoff, R. L., J. Duncan, et al. (2001). "A study of the effects of the visual and performing arts in healthcare." Hospital development 32(6): 25-28.
Ulrich, R. S. (1984). "View through a window may influence recovery from surgery." Science 224: 420-421.
Very interesting question! I once had a student from another country complain to me how hard it was to fall asleep. And both of us come from countries with similar climates AND we both live in cities.Through a process of elimination I stumbled upon one exception- one of us lives in a country where the business hours extends into the wee hours of the morning. That means that artificial lighting has a greater "polluting effect" in that country, leading to sleeplessness and other related health problems. Perhaps that is why we should not interfere with the daylight cycle to create optimal healing environments? Since otherwise our circardian clocks will be in a mess.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23910656