Psychiatric Resorts Design According to Design Standards and Quality of Life

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Nowadays we can observe an increase regarding the problems that faced by people, the  psychological disorders that afflict them and the pressures they face both in childhood and in later stages of adolescence, youth and old age. The purpose of this research is to investigate how architecture can assist individuals experiencing stress and how architects can leverage their knowledge to disrupt these unproductive patterns.
The aim of this research is to identify ideal functional relationships that architect need when designing psychiatric resort. The methodology includes firstly, reviewing the literature and methods that used to assess the quality of life in psychiatric resorts. Secondly, conducting an analytical study to explore the functional relationship between spaces and the design criteria of good psychiatric hospitals and studying its impact on patients. Finally, the research provides a deep understanding regarding the relationships between different spaces for a psychiatric resort based on a comparative analysis for three case studies. 

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