CENTRO ESPECIAL DE CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS NIVEL III USME. Para pacientes con enfermedades en fase terminal de la ciudad de Bogotá.

Abstract

The hospital facilities of the city of Bogotá lack adequate spaces for the ideal attention to the citizen. Dues to deterioration, poor planning, social exclusion and difficulties in accessing palliative care. In this sense the study below aims to respond to the deficit of this type of infrastructure. The research addresses Gestalt theory, articulating it with criteria of implantation, comfort and inclusive architecture. In this sense, sensory architecture is involved, whose postulates guide the configuration of new specialized spaces in palliative care. This architectural proposal is framed within the line of research Design and management of the territorial habitat, of the University La Gran Colombia. The scope of the proposal involves the development of a health facility for people with low economic purchasing power in the city of Bogotá, in the western Puerta al Llano Rural, in the town of Usme. Whit this, it will be possible to consolidate a replicable prototype throughout the country and even worldwide. In this way, it will enhance the benefits that architecture offers in terminal patients as a soothing and dignifying means. The reader will find that the document addresses problems, variables, concepts, theoretical, methodological and project references, as a basis for the development of the subject. Among the products that emerge from the research will be found an architectural blueprint as a case study and the development of palliative care spaces.