Space Planning for Healthcare Design

Healthcare is an evolving specialty in interior design. Space Planning for Healthcare Design examines traditional and emerging clinical health settings and focuses on a holistic approach to designing a hospital experience for different users including patients, healthcare staff, and care givers through unique space planning requirements. Spread over thirteen chapters, this book discusses specific areas common to hospitals, clinics, and out-patient facilities. Chapters include learning objectives which mirror the chapter’s organization for easy identification of an area of interest, key terms bolded in the text and listed and defined at the end of each chapter as a study tool, along with, summaries, and case studies from industry examples that highlight an evidence-based design process. Additionally, tables, charts, graphs, floor plans and images are used throughout to support concepts and ideas in the written text.

Instructor’s Resources
-Instructor’s Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom, supplemental assignments, and lecture notes
-PowerPoint(R) presentations include images from the book and provide a framework for lecture and discussion

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Space Planning for Healthcare Design
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-Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary

Dak Kopec is an Architectural Psychologist and Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dak has authored several books used by interior design educators, including four editions of Environmental Psychology for Design. He has also written the novel Broken Boys, a story that details the lives of young people coming to terms with their sexuality in the early 1990s.

Dr. Kopec is a two-time Polsky Prize winner, is credited with researching, developing, and administering the first low residency graduate program focused on designs for human health at the Boston Architectural College, and has been awarded honorary Fellowship to ASID (HFASID).

Dak served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Hawaii with a joint position in schools architecture and medicine, was listed as a Fulbright Specialist, and subsequently served two terms as a Fulbright Reviewer. In 2017 Dak won IDEC’s Community Service Award for the design of a group home for people with developmental disabilities and early onset dementia. Today Dak is interested in promoting healthy spaces for the LGBTQ+ community by calling upon his diverse educational background in health sciences, psychology, and architecture. He is committed to design that promotes social equality for all people.