การประชุมวิชาการระดับชาติ ครั้งที่ 16
มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏนครปฐม

This article is part of the research titled “the development of the standard and prototype for the built-environment and facility to promote medical tourism for healthcare service in the lower Northern of Thailand”. The article displays different perspectives, amongst architect practitioners and a group of experts and medical practitioners, on the design of physical spaces. The study process consists of 1) acquiring opinions from an expert in hospital standards, 2) learning from the case study through the project architect’s explanations about the relevant healthcare projects, 3) acquiring information from medical practitioners in the target area of the design, and 4) analysing data obtained from the previous stages of the study and applying them to the pilot design of medical facility. The research result is displayed in the forms of architectural drawings and images. Furthermore, the lessons learned from the design process are categorised into 3 topics: 1) architect practitioners’ perspectives on the healthcare building design 2) medical experts’ and practitioners’ perspectives on the healthcare building design, and 3) what architects may overlook in designing healthcare facilities. This paper demonstrates the need for multidisciplinary collaboration in the design process of the building. It also points out the importance of international standards in developing the design that can fulfill the users’ requirements and promote medical tourism.