Imaging Room: The Minutes Spent Lying in the Tube

The experience of CT and MRI scans is narrow, noisy, immobile, and lasts for a period of time. What space design can do: project soft images or light gradients above the equipment and on the ceiling, change lighting to adjustable indirect light, add natural images or textures to the walls, and treat the control room's viewing window so it doesn't look like surveillance. The transition between the preparation area and the scan room should be slow, not having the machine immediately visible upon opening the door. All surfaces other than the instruments should be as warm as possible. Shot from the perspective of lying down and looking towards the opening of the instrument, clearly showing the treatment of light and ceiling. Avoid: all white cold light, exposed equipment on the ceiling, instrument directly facing the entrance, walls covered with warning signs.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

電腦斷層與磁振造影的體驗是狹窄、噪音大、無法動彈、而且要持續一段時間。空間設計能做的:在儀器上方與天花投射柔和的影像或光的漸變、把照明改為可調的間接光、在牆面加入自然的圖像或紋理、把控制室的視線窗處理得不像監視。準備區與掃描室之間的過渡要慢,不要一開門就是機器。器械之外的所有表面盡量溫暖。從躺姿看向儀器開口的視角拍攝,光與天花的處理清楚。避免:全白冷光、天花外露設備、儀器直接面對入口、以警示標語佈滿牆面。