Rethinking Health-Supportive Architecture for Healthcare Facilities
We turn facility architecture into a holistically optimized setting, excellently supporting the health of patients and personnel. The activity of Fact & Feeling is centered on its innovative software solution for the algorithmic and analytical health impact assessment of architectural variables (AVs) on the health and care outcomes (HCOs) of people in healthcare environments.
Our solution relies on matching a multi-layered classification of AVs and HCOs, enabling the precise calculation of linear and non-linear interactions, cascade effects, as well as gap and root-cause analyses. This systematic approach provides a solid, data-driven foundation for all architectural optimizations.
Building on these results, we translate the analyses into concrete architectural planning and provide consistent support during construction to ensure the seamless integration of insights into the physical environment. We empower healthcare operators, architectural firms, investors, and institutions within this context, securing long-term facility value and superior care standards.
Algorithmic Architectural Analysis
The technological foundation of Fact & Feeling is a highly specialized analytical engine that systematically decodes the complex influences of multi-layered, classified architectural variables on diverse health aspects. Our technology transforms traditional building assessment into a precise, data-driven process by:
- Analyzing linear and non-linear interactions: It identifies both direct correlations and multi-layered dependencies within a space to accurately determine the actual impact of architecture on health criteria.
- Modeling causal chains and cascade effects: It visualizes complex synergistic effects and mathematically calculates how various architectural variables reinforce or weaken one another, thereby influencing stress levels.
- Performing evidence-based root-cause and gap analyses: It precisely identifies the gap between the current structural state and scientific target specifications, creating an objective foundation for the social and functional optimization of the facility.
By continuously calibrating and validating our algorithms based on the latest scientific findings and profound industry expertise, we ensure that every facility achieves the highest degree of health-supportive efficacy within its full potential. This in-depth diagnostic serves as a precise navigational instrument and an irrefutable layer of validation for the subsequent design phase and structural realization.
Context-based architectural modules
Fact & Feeling provides a modular structure for different types of facilities, such as hospitals or nursing homes. The software differentiates with high precision down to sub-areas—for example care and residential units or therapy zones. This ensures that each assessment is accurately tailored to the specific usage profiles and architectural requirements of every individual area.
Process Flow and Implementation Approach
Fact & Feeling covers the entire value chain of architectural optimization—from data-driven analysis to structural implementation. We consistently translate diagnostic results into architectural solutions. This seamless process ensures that evidence-based optimization potentials are not lost but are instead integrated directly into the physical environment.
Functions and Features
Comprehensive and Classified Variables and Criteria
Fact & Feeling analyzes a wide spectrum of architectural variables—ranging from spatial configuration and materiality to lighting and ambiance. These factors are evaluated regarding their physical and psychological health impacts. Our model encompasses numerous interactions between architectural stimuli and specific health criteria.
Direct and Indirect / Linear and Non-Linear Interactions
Instead of viewing architecture in isolation, our software analyzes the complex interplay of direct, indirect, linear, and non-linear dependencies. This allows for an exact determination of how spatial parameters influence psychological health, physical safety, and the intuitive orientation of users within the space.
Visualization of Complex Causal Chains and Cascade Effects
The system identifies complex cascade effects where various architectural variables reinforce one another. This modeling of interdependencies makes it possible to mathematically capture deep-seated causal chains—such as the influence of materiality on acoustics and stress levels—making them actionable for the planning process.
Multi-faceted Analyses including Root-Cause and Gap Analyses
Through integrated root-cause and gap analyses, the system provides an objective basis for decision-making in every optimization. It identifies the deviation between the current state and scientific target specifications, allowing for targeted architectural measures to enhance well-being and functional efficiency.
Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluations
The system combines precise mathematical metrics with in-depth root-cause analyses. While the quantitative assessment exactly measures the contribution of each variable to health, the qualitative analysis clarifies the structural underlying factors. This enables informed decisions for the targeted optimization of the healthcare facility.
Categorized and Prioritized Recommendations
Collected data is processed in real-time and visualized in a user-friendly manner. The software clearly displays environmental factors in charts and statistics. Integrated analysis tools identify trends and anomalies, prioritize fields of action, and ensure continuous monitoring of facility quality.
Benchmarking with Best-Practice Models
The analysis includes an automated comparison with established best-practice models in the healthcare sector. This positions the facility within the competitive landscape, highlights relative strengths and weaknesses, and provides valuable benchmarks for quality-oriented optimization and competitiveness.
Automated and Precise Evaluation
Utilizing advanced mathematical algorithms, the evaluation of architectural data is automated and highly precise. This eliminates manual sources of error, ensures a consistent analysis of numerous factors, and significantly accelerates the assessment process. The result is valid data for informed decision-making.
ontinuous Scientific Updates
The algorithms are continuously updated with the latest findings from healthcare architecture and evidence-based research. This ensures the logic of interactions between space and health remains state-of-the-art and guarantees recommendations that meet modern scientific and industrial standards.
Architectural Planning for Improvement
Based on the evaluation and gap analysis, Fact & Feeling develops customized architectural solutions. We accompany the facility through all phases—from initial needs assessment and design to construction supervision. This ensures that analytical insights are seamlessly translated into structural improvements.
Strategic Partnerships in Healthcare Architecture
Fact & Feeling operates as a specialized technology and expertise partner within the healthcare construction ecosystem. We primarily cooperate with:
- Architectural Firms
- Healthcare Operators
- Investors
- Research Institutions
Our role is that of a specialized expert partner. We contribute the necessary expertise, technological solutions, and practical support to objectively evaluate complex construction projects, minimize planning risks, and directly transfer innovations into the built environment.
Service Phases
The services offered by Fact & Feeling are structured into three successive phases. This modular approach allows clients to act flexibly—ranging from a pure status assessment to comprehensive support throughout the entire construction process.
- Data-driven diagnosis of the current state and audits: We assess architectural quality and identify health-related risk factors through structured, data-based evaluation.
- Architectural planning for optimization: We develop architectural solutions and translate analytical findings into concrete renovation strategies and spatial design concepts.
- Professional construction supervision and quality assurance: We ensure execution quality and monitor implementation to verify that defined health standards are accurately realized in the built environment.
Insight into the system demo
The Fact & Feeling software is a web-based platform accessible from anywhere, ensuring seamless integration into your existing workflow. It enables a structured assessment of the healthcare facility, leading to a sophisticated visualization of results through multiple analytical lenses.
