Colour Therapeutic Design Plan for Medical Facility Space

(Research Background and Purpose) As medical facilities are becoming larger and more commercialized in recent years, there is a great demand for differentiated space design for each medical facility and strategic marketing for customers. It is important for the medical facility to provide a treatment-oriented space that is comfortable and sanitary, and to reduce the anxieties of patients and their guardians visiting or staying in the hospital mainly by providing designed space which delivers comfortable feelings to them. However, until now, the medical technologies, instruments, skillful doctors were the main factors in running a medical business but now the importance of medical space designing is highlighted in this industry. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to introduce the color therapy technique which is one of the psychological and mental healing methods that have recently been actively researched for differentiated medical facility design, And aesthetic space design that differentiated from each other. The design of a medical facility with color therapy not only provides a pleasant and safe medical facility design but also improves the healing ability of patients through psychological and emotional implications. Such double-sided effect of colour therapy is anticipated to double its strategic value. (Research Method) This study examines the basic roles and characteristics of medical facilities in literature and analyzes the characteristics and effects of each color based on the concept and principles of color therapy. We also analyze the mental and physical effects of each therapeutic colors in used in space. Hence, we propose a effective therapeutic colour design for each space of medical facility. (Result) In this study, considering the modern characteristics of medical facilities and strategic medical facilities, each room is designed with the customized therapeutic colours. The representative functional medical spaces of hospital such as lobby, hallway, children 's ward, dental ward, resting space, operating room and patient’s room were selected for the designs to be applied. Of these, the operating room is designed with green and blue colors to prevent bloody complementary afterimage, and a green color is used in designing dental space to alleviate fears of the patients. The corridors where many people come and go, is designed in yellow, which secretes the pleasure hormone, blue, and green which makes the viewers calm and ease. These colours help to prevent depression and the energy recovery and also the colourful design makes the long boring hallway interesting to walk. (Conclusion) The therapeutical colour designs of medical facility space do not only provide pleasant and safe medical facility but also enhance healing ability of patients with psychological and emotional effects and be used as effective marketing strategy.