Healthcare Architecture in India: Strategic Design Principles to Address the Urban-Rural Divide

In a nation as diverse as India, the healthcare landscape presents wicked problems and plentiful opportunities. The country's hospital infrastructure has been increasingly strained in the areas of accessibility, quality, and equity, especially with a snowballing population growth. While urban development expands amidst these constraints, architects have been able to position innovative design solutions as mediators, also sealing the gap between urban and rural healthcare quality and accessibility in India.

Healthcare Architecture in India: Strategic Design Principles to Address the Urban-Rural Divide
Tata Medical Center / CannonDesign + Carambiah & George. Image © Dave Burk Tata Medical Center / CannonDesign + Carambiah & George. Image © Dave Burk

In a nation as diverse as India, the healthcare landscape presents wicked problems and plentiful opportunities. The country's hospital infrastructure has been increasingly strained in the areas of accessibility, quality, and equity, especially with a snowballing population growth. While urban development expands amidst these constraints, architects have been able to position innovative design solutions as mediators, also sealing the gap between urban and rural healthcare quality and accessibility in India.

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