Dr. Mostafa Behzadfar Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development 2008-5079 15 39 2022 09 22 Realization of Healing Hospital Environment Criteria Using a Patient-Centered Approach; Case Study: Investigating the Satisfaction of Patients Hospitalized at the Imam Khomeini Hospital of Tehran with the Quality of Hospital Spaces Realization of Healing Hospital Environment Criteria Using a Patient-Centered Approach; Case Study: Investigating the Satisfaction of Patients Hospitalized at the Imam Khomeini Hospital of Tehran with the Quality of Hospital Spaces 27 40 158045 10.22034/aaud.2022.69545.1034 FA Seyyed Behshid Hosseini Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development, Art University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. 0000-0001-9522-9892 Aida Sadeghi Ph.D. Candidate of Architecture, Faculty of Civil, Architecture and Art, Islamic Azad University, Sciences and Research Unit, Iran (Corresponding Author). Armin Piryaei Lecturer of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development, Art University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Journal Article 2016 12 05 The main goal of designers and builders of treatment environments is to create a healing space. In the last century, the concept of healing has led to considerable changes in the design of treatment environments and left positive impacts on the treatment process. In the past, treatment and treatment personnel were the main targets of the design of the treatment environments; however, today, patients and their families are focused attention. Attention to the patient instead of the treatment process has given rise to an approach in the design of hospitals called the “patient-centered” approach. The “Patient-centered” approach in architecture was aimed to help remove problems and barriers facing the patients and their recovery by taking into account their psychological needs even though treatment spaces fail to meet the users’ therapeutic needs. The present research investigates the quality of the design of these centers aiming to improve the quality of space, improve patients’ satisfaction and foster their recovery process. It also investigates various solutions to help hospitals achieve a healing, patient-centered environment. This research falls under descriptive-analytical categories and gathers data via library studies, field surveys and questionnaires administered to 96 patients at the Imam Khomeini Hospital of Tehran; then offers appropriate design guidelines by analyzing those data via SPSS22 and ASPECT  software. The research also seeks to answer the question, “How can space quality be increased to leave positive effects on patient's satisfaction and recovery?” This article investigates the patient-centered approach, healing environment characteristics and the way they are applied to hospitals, as well as the satisfaction of the patients at the Imam Khomeini Hospital of Tehran with the spaces, finally providing guidelines to improve the quality of the hospital spaces. The main goal of designers and builders of treatment environments is to create a healing space. In the last century, the concept of healing has led to considerable changes in the design of treatment environments and left positive impacts on the treatment process. In the past, treatment and treatment personnel were the main targets of the design of the treatment environments; however, today, patients and their families are focused attention. Attention to the patient instead of the treatment process has given rise to an approach in the design of hospitals called the “patient-centered” approach. The “Patient-centered” approach in architecture was aimed to help remove problems and barriers facing the patients and their recovery by taking into account their psychological needs even though treatment spaces fail to meet the users’ therapeutic needs. The present research investigates the quality of the design of these centers aiming to improve the quality of space, improve patients’ satisfaction and foster their recovery process. It also investigates various solutions to help hospitals achieve a healing, patient-centered environment. This research falls under descriptive-analytical categories and gathers data via library studies, field surveys and questionnaires administered to 96 patients at the Imam Khomeini Hospital of Tehran; then offers appropriate design guidelines by analyzing those data via SPSS22 and ASPECT  software. The research also seeks to answer the question, “How can space quality be increased to leave positive effects on patient's satisfaction and recovery?” This article investigates the patient-centered approach, healing environment characteristics and the way they are applied to hospitals, as well as the satisfaction of the patients at the Imam Khomeini Hospital of Tehran with the spaces, finally providing guidelines to improve the quality of the hospital spaces. https://www.armanshahrjournal.com/article_158045_29f15fcfbc3dd6e867067164e57d9a23.pdf