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The Creative Healthcare Architect
Frank Zilm1, Ruth Ann Atchley2, Sabrina Gregersen3
1Institute for Health and Wellness Design, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
HERD
|July 6, 2019
Summary
Healthcare architects show high openness but less curiosity. Younger architects may face technological disruptions impacting creative thinking, highlighting the need for domain-specific experience in healthcare design.
Area of Science:
- Architecture
- Psychology
- Healthcare Design
Background:
- Creativity is crucial in healthcare design.
- Understanding factors influencing creativity in this field is essential.
- Personality and project delivery process elements are key areas of focus.
Purpose of the Study:
- To understand factors influencing creativity in healthcare design.
- To examine personality strengths of healthcare architects.
- To analyze elements of the current project delivery process.
Main Methods:
- 48 healthcare architects participated in personality and creativity tests.
- Tests included Myers/Briggs, The Big Five, Remote Associates Test (RAT), and an architectural creativity test.
- Comparative analysis with earlier studies on creative architects.
Main Results:
- Respondents exhibited strong "openness" to new ideas and low "narcissistic" bias (emotional stability).
- The sample group had fewer "perceivers" (high curiosity) compared to earlier studies.
- Significant differences in architectural creativity were found between younger and older architects.
Conclusions:
- Domain-specific experience and cross-domain creative input are vital for healthcare architecture.
- Technological disruptions may hinder divergent thinking in younger generations.
- Condensed project timelines and inadequate process strategies can inhibit group creativity in healthcare design.
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