O-clinic

Add To Collection

O-clinic

Firm

Hayato Komatsu Architects

Type

Commercial › Office

YEAR

2010

SIZE

10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft

This project is a plan for moving and reopening an internal clinic in a shopping mall on the outskirts of Hiroshima. The shopping mall has a high ceiling and, therefore, so does the clinic that occupies space within it. The clinic’s surrounding corridors are bustling with shoppers.The client requested to make good use of the high ceiling. However, keeping the open space increases the risk of heating/cooling and ventilation problems. So we inclined the ceiling to intonate the height, and we controlled the room space to adjust the volume of the room. Furthermore, we made all the walls the same height and created space in between the walls and the ceiling like a partition style. This showed the ceiling as “a big roof” spanning all rooms and so giving the space depth, brightness and a comfortable feeling. In considering the privacy of people coming into the clinic, we managed, without closing the facade, to arrange each room to allow in light but yet in such a way to stop the direct view of outsiders. In total, it looks like a wooden Kura (a traditional Japanese storehouse), but we feel that this magnanimous space gives people repose and comfort.

Product Spec Sheet

Were your products used?

Join as a manufacturer to add your products.

Collaborating Firms

Was your firm involved? Add it now.

Team

Were you involved? Add yourself.

Keep Exploring Architizer by Creating a Free Account or Logging in.

O-clinic

O-clinic

Product Spec Sheet

Collaborating Firms

Team