Headboard Wall: Hiding Equipment in Woodwork

The wall behind the patient's bed is usually covered with gas outlets, sockets, call bells, light fixtures, and pipelines, making it the most glaring part of the ward—though patients themselves don't see it, every visitor sees it upon entering. Integrate it into a continuous piece of millwork: all equipment is hidden behind a liftable panel, opened when needed, and otherwise presenting a complete, warm surface. Reading lights and night lights are embedded in the millwork, with switches within reach. The millwork also provides storage and hanging space. This is one of the most cost-effective design investments in a ward. Photographed from the doorway towards the bed, with the completeness of the millwork and the hidden equipment clearly visible. Avoid: exposed equipment, plastic paneling for finishes, external light fixtures, millwork cut into fragmented pieces.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

病床背後那面牆通常掛滿氣體出口、插座、呼叫鈴、燈具與管線,是病房裡最刺眼的部分——雖然病人自己看不到,但每一位訪客一進門就看見。把它整合進一道連續的木作:所有的設備收在可掀的面板之後,需要時打開、平時是一面完整的溫暖表面。閱讀燈與夜燈嵌在木作裡,開關在手邊。木作同時提供置物與掛物的位置。這是病房裡投資報酬率最高的一處設計。從門口向病床拍攝,木作的完整與設備的隱藏清楚。避免:設備直接外露、以塑膠面板收邊、燈具外掛、木作被切成零碎片段。