Ms Monirh Aldagany

(she/her)

Overview

I am enrolled in the Architecture PhD Program at Cardiff University, supervised by Dr. Wassim Jabi and Dr. Eshrar Latif. My research topic is IMPROVING SAUDI HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE: A spatial analysis of interior layouts of emergency hospital designs in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The study aims to improve the architectural and internal design of healthcare facilities in Saudi Arabia, utilizing space syntax analysis methods along with field observations of several public hospitals with emergency departments located in the city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

The research will explore the effect of emergency departments (EDs) and hospital's ground floor spatial design on staff, patients and their family and friends’ movement and wayfinding during different operational periods of the hospital. The research will contribute to developing a set of recommendations for future designs to improve the architectural design and flexibility of space within health facilities in Saudi Arabia.