Morton Plant Hospital
Project: Morton Plant Hospital MRI
Designer: Paul Cooper, IIDA
Company: TRO/The Ritchie Organization
Designer: Chris Mouer
Company: TLC Engineering for Architecture
Coupled with complex infrastructure and energy requirements to power the 3 Tesla magnet at Morton Plant Hospital, lighting was critical to the success of the MRI suite renovation where the performance of the lighting was built into the aesthetics.
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Slide #1 - The primary focus of the lighting strategy, however, was built around the TESS illuminated 6’-0” x 6’-0” ceiling and 4’-0” x 8’-0” wall panels each 1-1/2” thick consuming 200 watts of energy. The ceiling soffit fascia incorporates the novel use of mirrors to extend the “sky” effect without the use of additional panels, thus, reducing overall energy consumption. This feature is surrounded by a ring of (6) 100 watt dimmable set-up lamps with Fresnel lenses and a field of (9) Omega 150 watt dimmable incandescent down lights with frosted glass discs for flexible user-friendly ambient room lighting. Two 4’-0” (2) lamp staggered strip fluorescent light fixtures incorporated in an architectural cove in the patient bathroom graze the “wet” wall for favorable illumination of patients.
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Slide #2 - A variety of nonferrous light fixtures were used including fiber-optic lighting both in a circular dome in the sub-waiting area and concealed within full perimeter crown molding in the MRI room. The 5/8” round multi-strand fiber-optic lighting consumed a total of 300 watts with (2) 150 watt metal halide lamps rated at 10,000 hours with RF shielded wall penetrations to prevent interference with the magnetic imaging equipment. Four 60 watt decorative copper wall sconces, introduced for scale and intimacy, contribute to a sense of healing.
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