Healing Architecture: Lung Cancer Research and Treatment Center

Abstract

Emotional well-being is important for everyone. It can be hard to encompass a healthy mentality when cancer is a prevalent factor in your life. People affected by cancer spend a lot of time in a hospital, a place that is usually harsh and cold. Hospitals are designed to help you heal physically, but it is becoming increasingly known that mental health is just as important as physical health. Hospitals should be designed with emotional wellbeing in mind. Researching the affects cancer has on people emotionally will provide insight on how to design a hospital that will promote emotional well-being and enhance the lives of those who spend the majority of their time there.