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Healing Through Bio-Geometries: A Study of Designed Natural Processes

Ancona, Andrew J
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6135-1224
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491303530064519

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2017, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
This thesis will address the design of a medical resort that supports Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) as a way of treating patients in such a way that self-healing is promoted as opposed to only using foreign agents to heal the patient instead. To architecturally achieve this, the design methodology will incorporate techniques found from studies in biophilia and environmental psychology as it relates to fractal geometries, branching and bundling explorations. Together, the theories and ideas behind these practices will develop and inform a design centered on the natural environment and the human response as it lives within it. This connection to nature will aim to foster healthier, happier relationships between the patient and doctor, and it will create a medical experience conducive to self-healing and positive health responses. The thesis will begin with the research supporting these design tools and ideas. It will then follow with the conclusions of the research as it relates to fractals, branching, and bundling. Explorations in those fields will be done to assess architectural applications. Finally, it will conclude with the studies performed for the thesis and introduce the design and ideas in play to create a successful medical resort that aims to create an environment conducive to self-healing. The medical resort serves as a place where patients, after having gone through medical operations of some form, will be able to retreat to for therapy. It is designed as a medical resort to support the notion of a campus layout for the program, thereby encouraging users to explore the site and become immersed in nature as a part of their recovery process.
Christoph Klemmt, A.A. Dipl. (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Riorden, M.Arch. (Committee Member)
73 p.
Architecture
Biophilia; Bundling; Architecture; Fractals; Bundled Architecture; Bio-Geometries

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  • Ancona, A. J. (2017). Healing Through Bio-Geometries: A Study of Designed Natural Processes [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491303530064519

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ancona, Andrew. Healing Through Bio-Geometries: A Study of Designed Natural Processes. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491303530064519.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ancona, Andrew. "Healing Through Bio-Geometries: A Study of Designed Natural Processes." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491303530064519

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