A mother enters a clinic with her child who has a fever, or a young couple has an appointment with the doctor to discuss their reports in person - people enter a medical clinic with varied thoughts and emotions, thinking either about their health or their family. However, sitting in the waiting area, they don't realise how the interiors of the clinic subconsciously affect them!
Patients need a calming environment, soothing art piece, light-based paints or wallpapers, comfortable and practical seating, TV screens which can distract them from the worrying thoughts which keep their blood pressures normalised!
Ideas while designing a medical clinic
With all these considerations in mind, let's check out some ideas on how to design a comfortable and professional medical clinic.
Effects of Aesthetics
Medical clinics are spaces that resemble calmness, security, and serenity. Different colours have different effects. Most medical clinics use white palettes as their colour scheme, which tends to become boring and sad at times. But it's true that these colour palettes reduce feelings of anxiety and create a calming environment. Hence, different earthy colours, some blues, and neutral colours could be experimented to create an aesthetic environment.
Adaptive Environment
Manoeuvrable furniture is becoming a trend in medical designing. It's easy as it suits individual requirements which makes them feel like home. Mobile partitions also allow patients to adapt to the space. For instance, if a family is waiting together they can rearrange and make them comfortable. This can be done for treatment rooms as well, wherein a conference room can be used as a consultant room when need be.
Integrated Technology
There were days when we had magazines and fish tanks as a source of entertainment, which are outdated now. To add to the modern times, new features could be added like smart boards, charging stations, smart tablets, interactive TVs, and keeping kids engaged and entertained is the key to keep patients comfortable which minimises their tantrums too.
Biophilic Designs
Bringing outdoors indoors. Integrating natural materials indoors is the best way to create a relaxing atmosphere. Use of bamboo, plants which will increase oxygen levels - a natural relaxant, acoustic panels, and other sustainable materials and textures could make the space feel more open. Inviting more natural light is a good step. Other elements could be water features and vegetation, using warmer yellow lights, which gives you a biophilic-friendly space!
Don't Forget Your Employees
We all agree that medical clinics have a tensed vibe and the employees work in such an environment, hence need a break at intervals. One could create an in-house yoga studio or even game area creating a work-life balance and motivates their productivity.
Winding Up
Hope we were able to throw light on how one could design comfortable and professional interiors for a medical clinic.
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