Healing Gardens: jardins de cura paisagismo terapêutico e sustentável a ser aplicado no hospital Vita Curitiba - diretrizes de projeto

Abstract

Healing Gardens, better known as health gardens, bring the concept of biophilia as the main fundament, allowing the improvement of people’s quality of life and their well-being. They are increasingly being part of the projects of construction professionals, as a landscape strategy in hospital environments. They have been applied mainly in Intensive Care Units (ICUs), as a complement or improvement of medical treatment for the relief of conditions, as is the case of delirium. Thus, they provide a reduction in hospital stay and faster recovery. This work aimed to propose guidelines for the elaboration of a healing garden to be applied at Hospital VITA Curitiba, which has a natural external space with unused defined which is already used to alleviate the conditions. Through analysis of case studies applied in hospitals around the world and survey of theoretical references, it was possible to obtain the final layout for a better understanding of the garden design proposal. As a complement, an onsite survey of the grassy area of the hospital in question was carried out, as a way of improving its development. With these design guidelines and with the development of the curing garden proposal, the continuation of this most relevant topic that is emerging at a slow pace here in Brazil is feasible.