title: Flexible 'zoning' aids adaptability.
abstract: Simon Corben, business development director at Capita Symonds' Health team, examines how 'clever use of zoning' when planning new healthcare facilities could improve hospital design, increase inherent flexibility, and reduce lifetime costs, and argues that a 'loose-fit, non-bespoke approach' to space planning will lead to 'more flexible buildings that are suitable for conversion to alternative uses'.
authors.affiliation: Capita Symond.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corben
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom