AIA|LA Committee on Architecture in Healthcare: Celebrating The Fourth Factor

"Celebrating The Fourth Factor"

The title of this presentation refers to the words of Hippocrates of Kos, widely regarded as the father of Western medicine. He held that there were "three factors" important to the success of medical care: the disease, the patient, and the physician. Our presentation will expands this list to acknowledge the role of the built environment in the healing process, and is based on the now famous book by John Michael Currie, AIA "The Fourth Factor: A Historical Perspective on Architecture and Medicine"

This informal discussion will explore the relationship between the practice of medicine and architecture from ancient times to the present. It follows changing attitudes toward illness, advances in disease prevention, developments in technology, and the emergence of evidence-based design.

Presenters: Hal Sibley, Richard Ramer, Carlos Amato

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the relationship between medicine and architecture.
• Compare ancient and current examples of this relationship.
• Identify specific contributions in the healing process by architecture.
• Identify the factors in the continuing evolution of design of healing places.

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The Course is Approved for 1.5 LU|HSW credit.

Last Updated: November 21, 2011