Studies have shown how built environments for hospitals can influence psychological and physiological conditions and status for childbearing women. Sensory attributes of birth spaces can enhance comfort, feelings of wellbeing, and, to some extent, clinical outcomes. Recently, some case studies of multisensory rooms for the birth environment have been developed based on, e.g., Snoezelen room examples. The aim of this research is to develop an overview of how sensory aspects for birth environments are designed, used, and tested in current and recent studies. Case studies were selected according to sensory aspect significance, observing space factors, and relationship with the experience and comfort of users (women, partners, midwives). All case studies were analysed to collect information about the design and validation process. The collected data were organised in categories and compared for the selected case studies. Main findings were summarised in tables with the aim of underlining how sensory design processes and projects can positively influence comfort for birthing. Conclusions about how to bring forward the issue of sensory design so that it can be used and applied to support childbearing women is discussed.
Le persone con Disturbi Specifici dell'Apprendimento (DSA) presentano una particolare sensibilità sensoriale, per la quale l’ambiente va ad incidere sensibilmente sulla qualità di vita. Si parla di ‘spettro’ poiché si ha una grande varietà di comportamenti, che non consentono di definire criteri universali di design, ma necessitano di un nuovo approccio dinamico e flessibile, che permetta di personalizzare le risposte di progetto. L’obiettivo della ricerca è quindi quello, a partire dallo studio dalle esigenze specifiche dell’utenza, delle condizioni ambientali e degli approcci progettuali, di fornire strumenti innovativi di supporto alla progettazione di ambienti ‘terapeutici’, che passino dalla riduzione del disagio e dello stress correlato all’abilitazione della persona, per un’inclusione nella comunità sociale in un progetto di vita integrato, che riguardi ‘casa’, spazi di vita di applicazione (scuola, lavoro, centri diurni…) e condizioni di emergenza rispetto alla cura.
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