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IJSCER 2023 Vol.12(3): 99-105
doi: 10.18178/ijscer.12.3.99-105

Optimizing the Performance of Health Facilities in Egypt: Using a Hybrid Approach Combining Biophilic Design and BIM

Rowan H. El Sheikha*, Hassan M. Abdel-Salam, and Ali F. Bakr
Architecture Engineering Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
*Corresponding author:  Rowan_hany@alexu.edu.eg (R.H.E.S.)

Manuscript received March 11, 2023; revised May 2, 2023; accepted July 30 2023.

Abstract—Most of the health facilities in Egypt neglect the importance of human connection with the surrounding nature, which results in multiple physical, psychological, and emotional problems such as stress, lack of concentration, fatigue, and a decrease in performance. To overcome this problem, this paper suggests a hybrid approach combining Biophilic design and BIM. This approach combines both Biophilic design and BIM through a restorative environmental design concept to combine both environmental and human aspects. This study's results develop a checklist that assesses Biophilic design patterns that exist in buildings by analyzing the KTPH case example. In addition to exploring a framework for Building Information Modeling (BIM) to be used with sustainability assessment methods in buildings. The paper concludes with the importance of the human-nature relation and how to apply this approach in Egypt, in addition to theoretically combining Biophilic design and BIM.

Keywords—restorative environmental design, biophilic design, healthcare facilities, sustainability, Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Cite: Rowan H. El Sheikha, Hassan M. Abdel-Salam, and Ali F. Bakr, "Optimizing the Performance of Health Facilities in Egypt: Using a Hybrid Approach Combining Biophilic Design and BIM," International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 99-105, August 2023. doi: 10.18178/ijscer.12.3.99-105

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