Tecnologias emergentes, planejamento arquitetônico e hospitais do futuro: impacto da Saúde 4.0 nos hospitais do Brasil

João Paulo Lucchetta Pompermaier; Lizandra Garcia Lupi Vergara; Patrícia Biasi Cavalcanti

doi:10.18830/1679-09442026v19e59451

Authors

João Paulo Lucchetta Pompermaier Federal University of Santa Catarina; Department of Architecture and Urbanism; Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5994-5744
Lizandra Garcia Lupi Vergara Federal University of Santa Catarina; Department of Architecture and Urbanism; Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7631-8443
Patrícia Biasi Cavalcanti Federal University of Santa Catarina; Center for Communication and Expression; Department of Graphic Design and Expression. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-3871

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18830/1679-09442026v19e59451

Keywords:

Emerging technology, Healthcare 4.0, Hospital architecture, Hospital of the future

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the emerging technologies that most impact hospital architectural planning, the hospital sectors most impacted, and the outlook for the hospitals of the future, based on the perceptions of healthcare professionals, architects, and engineers working in the hospital sector in Brazil. An online survey was conducted with 66 participants from different regions; the data were processed using content analysis. The most frequently cited technologies were telehealth, robotics, artificial intelligence, environmental sensors, and augmented/virtual reality. The sectors identified as most impacted were the surgical and obstetric center, diagnostic support, and intensive care unit. For the hospital of the future, trends emerged toward greater patient-centricity, humanization, integrated technologies, dehospitalization, and space optimization, aiming for efficiency, safety, and personalized care. It is concluded that the adoption of these technologies demands physical and organizational reconfigurations and, despite conceptual and infrastructure challenges, the opportunities in terms of care quality and efficiency are promising.

Author Biographies

João Paulo Lucchetta Pompermaier, Federal University of Santa Catarina; Department of Architecture and Urbanism; Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism.

PhD candidate in the Postgraduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism (PósARQ) at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Master's degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC, 2024). Postgraduate student in Innovation, Emerging and Immersive Technologies for Digital Health at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). Postgraduate student in Neuroarchitecture at the University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNISUL). Specialist in Higher Education Teaching from Cruzeiro do Sul University (UNICSUL, 2023). Specialist in Interior Design from Cruzeiro do Sul University (UNICSUL, 2021). Bachelor's degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Chapecó Business College (FAEM/UCEFF, 2019). Scientific Production Fellow at the Bridge Laboratory (CTC/CCS/UFSC). Researcher at the Ergonomics Laboratory (LABERGO) of the Department of Production and Systems Engineering (DEPS/CTC/UFSC). Member of the GMETTA research group - Multidisciplinary Group on Ergonomics of Work and Applied Technologies (UFSC/CNPq) and the Study Group on Hospital Architecture and Engineering (GEA-hosp/UFBA). Research Coordinator of the Study and Research Group on Neuroscience and Architecture (GEP-NeuroArq). Associate member of the Brazilian Association for the Development of Hospital Buildings (ABDEH) and Scientific and Technical Coordinator of the Santa Catarina Regional.
Lizandra Garcia Lupi Vergara, Federal University of Santa Catarina; Department of Architecture and Urbanism; Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism.

Architect and Urban Planner and Occupational Safety Engineer, with a Master's degree (2001) and a Doctorate (2005) in Ergonomics from the Production Engineering Department of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and a Post-Doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2022). Full Professor of Production Engineering at UFSC, teaching undergraduate (DEPS) and graduate courses in Production Engineering (PPGEP) and Architecture and Urban Planning (PosARQ). Supervisor of the Ergonomics Laboratory (LABERGO) and the Assistive Technology and Ergonomics Laboratory (LABTAE), and leader of the GMETTA research group - Multidisciplinary Group on Occupational Ergonomics and Applied Technologies (UFSC-CNPq). CNPq Scholarship holder in Technological Development and Innovative Extension Productivity - DT 2. Vice-President of the Brazilian Ergonomics Association (ABERGO), being a Senior Ergonomist Certified by ABERGO and Coordinator of the ABERGO Technical Committee - Working Group on Ergonomics of the Built Environment and Accessibility.
Patrícia Biasi Cavalcanti, Federal University of Santa Catarina; Center for Communication and Expression; Department of Graphic Design and Expression.

PhD in Architecture from the Postgraduate Programme in Architecture - PROARQ/FAU at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2011), with a doctoral internship (sandwich doctorate) at California Polytechnic State University/CA/USA. She holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2000) and a master's degree in Architecture, more specifically in the subarea of Technology and Habitability, from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2003). She was a professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Vale do Itajaí for 8 years, where she taught courses in Architectural Design and Drafting. She also taught Architectural Design and Drafting as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the State University of Santa Catarina for 1 year. Since 2011, she has been an associate professor in the Department of Graphic Expression at the Federal University of Santa Catarina.

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