Healing Gardens- A Review of Design Guidelines

Abstract

Through speedy growth of cities due to modernization and urbanization, inhabitance have headed for selecting the cities to live in their surroundings over rural areas that led to dense urban areas , a weak infrastructure and reduction of nature areas. This has occurred without considering psychological ,physical and social state of design of public space and buildings properly(Gehl 2010), Moreover, modern life-style has furnished various alternatives such as computers, internet, mobile and other modern-day digital gadgets which are led the people to feel stress to fulfill all of the demands of a social lifestyles. Hence, diseases related to stress are becoming one of the major health problems that human are suffering from it all over the world (Van den Berg et al., 2007). Many prevailing researches on human health suggest that connection between human health and access to nature leads to lessen stress , reduces mental fatigue , promotes human health and wellbeing. Therefore, the paper aims to define the principle of healing garden through the theoretical analysis of the core studies of healing gardens, Additionally, the extent of user satisfaction and their perceptions about the elements of design that should be found in the gardens. The results of the paper have shown that healing gardens in the hospitals have significant benefits as reducing stress and promoting psychological recovery for patients