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Yakuju Omiya
Yakuju Omiya
Saitama, Japan
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Yakuju Omiya
Saitama, Japan
The project is a pharmacy in a residential neighborhood of Omiya, outside of Tokyo. Compared with the surrounding houses, the lot is quite large, and considering the clients program, the floor area will become quite large, so dividing the program into 3 parts we wanted to control the scale as well as not overpower the existing elements of the townscape. As well, as the roof is the continuity of the individual single-slopes that span each volume, the ensemble is brought together as one form. Each of the three volumes has a different sense of distance in its connection to the surrounding city. Set back a little bit from the street, the volume on the east side is the dispensary, with the view of the pharmacist and their work displayed to the city via a large window. The middle volume that serves as the outpatient area features benches much like an ‘engawa’ and a half-outdoor approach that serves as a spatial buffer, this intermediate space serving both as a large entrance aperture and protecting the privacy of the patients. The west volume containing the back room has only the minimum of windows and the parking space positioned in front of it. Limiting the number of seats in the indoor waiting area we were able to create more multi-use seated administering counters, reinforcing the function of communication between the guest and the pharmacist. As well, by using glass for the length of the partition between dispensary and administering areas, during the time the guest is waiting at the administering counter, they are able to observe the preparation of their order up close. As all the exterior walls feature a high side-light window, we were able to maintain the brightness of the interior space. Through this we have created a rich form of communication that is not possible by simple handing over a prescription; we wanted to create the image of a place that is somewhere between a pharmacy and a clinic.
photographer : Takumi OTA
photographer : Takumi OTA
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