To the problem of organization and design of psychoneurological complexes for children in the context of modern architecture

Abstract

The article is devoted to the functional organization of complexes of children's specialized clinics. It is noted that mental health is one of the main parameters of the population,which largely determines the present and future development of the world community. The main reasons for the growth in the number of mental disorders in the modern world,including those relevant to Russia,are listed. Statistical data,main social-economic and ecological factors,modern requirements and tendencies of development of a network of medical institutions,expediency of their use in approaches for designing of children's neurological clinics are outlined. The role and contribution of modern architecturally-building practice in process of development of this social sphere and special problems facing designers are emphasized. The authors have considered typological analogues from modern foreign architectural practice. In the analysis,along with the solution of the main technological problems,a unified approach in the organization of both internal and external spatial environments that promotes social,environmental,psychological rehabilitation and healing of patients is proposed. A conceptual model of a children's psychoneurological clinic,which offers not only the creation of a functionally reasonable,constructive and technologically literate structure,but also the active inclusion of social and recreational spaces and natural components in interaction with the surrounding landscape,is presented. The goal of the project was to create a model of "internal city"in which patients,staff and parents would feel comfortable not only physically but also psychologically. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.