Planning and building hospitals is a complex and expensive task for municipalities, financiers and architects. The processes that take place there must run optimally and smoothly in order to achieve a high level of satisfaction, recovery and profitability. In the corona pandemic, social attention to hospitals and their relevance has increased significantly, and more new buildings and conversions are currently being initiated than ever before.

Building evaluation and knowledge transfer

Whether a building proves its worth in daily practice and is used as intended in the architectural design is not currently being surveyed. This is all the more surprising given that hospitals are expensive structures that operate 24/7 for many years. In addition, there is increasing pressure in the construction industry to work sustainably and in a way that conserves resources. For these reasons, there is a growing need to check architectural designs in practice for their suitability and to ensure the transfer of knowledge from the built work to the planning specifications.

Evaluation of hospital buildings

In her research project, Julia Kirch would like to find out how the finished hospital can withstand the daily requirements in practice and develop planning specifications for process-optimized hospital architecture. To this end, she will develop an evaluation system that can also be applied to other building types such as educational buildings.