Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness

minimizing distance of necessary travel between frequently used spaces; allow visual supervision of
patients; make efficient use of multi-purpose spaces and consolidate spaces when possible

Flexibility and Expandability

Medical needs and modes of treatment will continue to change. Therefore, hospitals should follow
modular concepts of space planning and layout; use generic room sizes and plans as much as possible;
use modular, easily accessed, and easily modified mechanical and electrical systems; and be open-
ended, with well-planned directions for future expansion.

Therapeutic Environment

Patients and visitors should perceive a hospital as unthreatening, comfortable, and stress-free.
The interior designer plays a major role in this effort to create a therapeutic environment.  For example,
this can be accomplished by using cheerful and varied colors and textures, by allowing ample natural
light wherever feasible, by providing views of the outdoors from every patient bed, and by designing
a “way-finding” process into every environment.

Cleanliness and Sanitation

Hospitals must be easy to clean and maintain. This is facilitated by appropriate, durable finishes for each
functional space; careful detailing of such features as doorframes, casework, and finish transitions to
avoid dirt-catching and hard-to-clean crevices and joints; and adequate and appropriately located
housekeeping spaces.

Accessibility

All areas, both inside and out, should comply with all standards and minimum requirements of
Americans with Disability Act, and ensure grades are flat enough to allow easy movement and sidewalks
and corridors are wide enough for two wheelchairs to pass easily.

Security and Safety

Hospitals have several particular security concerns, such as protection of patients and staff, hospital
property and assets (including drugs), and also vulnerability to terrorism because of high visibility.
Security and safety must be built into the design with these things in mind.

Sustainability

Hospitals are large public buildings that have a significant impact on the environment and economy of
the surrounding community. They are heavy users of energy and water and produce large amounts of
waste. Because of this, sustainable design must be considered when designing and building hospitals
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DESGIN CONCEPT
RIB CAGE
The rib cage is the arrangement of ribs attached to the vertebral column and sternum in the thorax of
most vertebrates, that encloses and protects the heart and lungs. In humans, the rib cage, also known as
the thoracic cage, is a bony and cartilaginous structure which surrounds the thoracic cavity and supports
the shoulder girdle to form the core part of the human skeleton. A typical human rib cage consists of 24
ribs in 12 pairs, the sternum and xiphoid process, the costal cartilages, and the 12 thoracic vertebrae.

Together with the skin and associated fascia and muscles, the rib cage makes up the thoracic wall and
provides attachments for the muscles of the neck, thorax, upper abdomen, and back.
The rib cage has a major function in the respiratory system.
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