Openness or feeling of large expanse.
(e.g., a high ceiling)

SPACIOUSNESS

Research

1. Preferred for children and child life in hospitals  (Weinberger et al., 2016).

2. Preferred for children in hospitals, choice and control over access important (Lambert et al., 2014).

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References

Lambert, V., Coad, J., Hicks, P., & Glacken, M. (2014). Young children’s perspectives of ideal physical design features for hospital-built environments. Journal of Child Health Care, 18(1), 57–71. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493512473852

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Weinberger, N., Butler, A., McGee, B., Schumacher, P., & Brown, R. (2016). Child life specialists’ evaluation of hospital playroom design: A mixed method inquiry.

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