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Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
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Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$100K - 500K
This eye clinic occupies the ground floor of an housing building in a residential area of Saint-Maur-les Fossés, in the Paris eastern suburbs.
The design stems from two complementary issues:
- Provide an ergonomic response to a complex and demanding functional program, despite a very constrained site.
- Offer a warm and friendly atmosphere which plays down the medical atmosphere.
The design is organized around the circulation space. This spine must be an effective and efficient dispensing member, but also a comfortable and cosy place, which accompanies and reassures the patients.
Our enemy number one was the straight and sanitized functionalist corridor. The fragmentation of the waiting room in a multitude of areas distributed along the path creates pleasant spaces , without reducing the surfaces of the consultation areas. These spaces are either fully opened or insulated by glass walls. They punctuate the wandering and bring natural light into the heart of the building. Warm gray shades enliven the walls, lit by various sized spots, like bubbles of light randomly pierced in the ceiling.
Opening out onto the street, the reception area reveals the refined and authentic personality of the place. No makeup ! Raw materials meet and combine to build a consistent volume:
- The randomized wooden cladding creates a delicate and warm nest, that wraps the reception area.
- The steel joinery of the glass walls refers to the industrial architecture. At the opposite side of the wooden cocoon, they affirm their dark shades, their cold touch, their rigorous frame.
- The reception desk is made of white corian. It slips carefully between wood and steel, and draws an organic and immaterial volume, which accompanies the wander to the consultation rooms.
This set of materials and volumes draws an intimate and welcoming place, so that the "hospital" finds its noble meaning: more than a clinic, a true place of hospitality.
The design stems from two complementary issues:
- Provide an ergonomic response to a complex and demanding functional program, despite a very constrained site.
- Offer a warm and friendly atmosphere which plays down the medical atmosphere.
The design is organized around the circulation space. This spine must be an effective and efficient dispensing member, but also a comfortable and cosy place, which accompanies and reassures the patients.
Our enemy number one was the straight and sanitized functionalist corridor. The fragmentation of the waiting room in a multitude of areas distributed along the path creates pleasant spaces , without reducing the surfaces of the consultation areas. These spaces are either fully opened or insulated by glass walls. They punctuate the wandering and bring natural light into the heart of the building. Warm gray shades enliven the walls, lit by various sized spots, like bubbles of light randomly pierced in the ceiling.
Opening out onto the street, the reception area reveals the refined and authentic personality of the place. No makeup ! Raw materials meet and combine to build a consistent volume:
- The randomized wooden cladding creates a delicate and warm nest, that wraps the reception area.
- The steel joinery of the glass walls refers to the industrial architecture. At the opposite side of the wooden cocoon, they affirm their dark shades, their cold touch, their rigorous frame.
- The reception desk is made of white corian. It slips carefully between wood and steel, and draws an organic and immaterial volume, which accompanies the wander to the consultation rooms.
This set of materials and volumes draws an intimate and welcoming place, so that the "hospital" finds its noble meaning: more than a clinic, a true place of hospitality.
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