Healthcare premises
In-depth knowledge of planning premises for healthcare and social care, based on current research and practice. For those who work with healthcare buildings.
Subject area
Architecture & Construction
Location
Hybrid
About the course
The next course is planned for spring 2028. We’ll share more information closer to the date.
This course gives professionals tasked with planning healthcare facility premises an in-depth understanding of how to plan spaces for healthcare and care services, grounded in current research and practice.
The course aims to develop participants’ ability to take on planning and design assignments for healthcare buildings and premises, starting from the needs and requirements of stakeholders and users. It also aims to support professional decision-making in the phases where frameworks, guidelines and content are determined, with operational value kept firmly in view.
Content
The course is built around the following themes:
- The organisation, operations and properties of healthcare
- The foundations of healthcare: care philosophy and underlying conditions
- Evidence-based design and the significance of the care environment
- Healthcare environments seen through the needs of different target groups
- Healthcare environments, knowledge-based processes, methods and evidence
- Healthcare environment tools: PTS and planning instruments
- Healthcare construction: current challenges
- Sustainability at the system level and within individual projects
Lecturers
Cristiana Caira
Lektor
Arkitekt SAR/MSA White Arkitekter i Göteborg
Konstnärlig professor vid Centrum för Vårdens Arkitektur
Johanna Eriksson
Lektor
Arkitekt SAR/MSA på Sweco i Malmö
Konstnärlig lektor vid Centrum för Vårdens Arkitektur
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