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Kamagaya Art Clinic

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waiting area - Riki Watanabe
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JURY VOTES
Healthcare Centre
5.18
5.88
5.24
4.68
5.25
Andrea Zickhardt
Andrea Zickhardt Managing Director at Holzer Kobler Architekturen
Waiting room not very intimate, tho...
5
4.24
6
3
4.56
Ronnie Belizaire
Ronnie Belizaire Studio Practice Leader and Principal at HKS Inc.
5
6.5
4
5
5.13
Preeti Singh
Preeti Singh Brand Director at India Design ID
5
6
5
4
5
Anne-Laure Pingreoun
Anne-Laure Pingreoun Founder at Alter-Projects
5
6
6
5
5.5
Liz Gallagher
Liz Gallagher Studio Director at March and White Design
6
6
6.5
5
5.88
Claude Saos
Claude Saos Head of interior architecture and design at LISAA Strasbourg
4
5
3
4
4
Julia Chiaramonti
Julia Chiaramonti Founder at Julia Chiaramonti
Good use of the light and nice narr...
5.29
6.08
5.4
5
5.44
Judy Dowle
Judy Dowle Associate Design Director at Studio XAG
5
6
5
4
5
Tanya Suvannapong
Tanya Suvannapong Design Director at Gensler
5
5.2
4
4
4.55
Yan Pan
Yan Pan Cofounder and Chief Architect at SpActrum
5
7
6.6
6
6.15
Peter Pan
Peter Pan Founder and CEO at Noa Galaxy
6
6
6
5
5.75
Leendert Tange
Leendert Tange Creative Partner at Storeage-Group
An intimate experience that by the...
5
6
4.5
5
5.13
Ismael Abedin Ingelmo
Ismael Abedin Ingelmo Founder and Director at DXMID
5.48
6.73
5.59
5.26
5.77
Quan Huang
Quan Huang Chief Designer at WJID
5
5.5
5
4
4.88
Servaas Vehmeijer
Servaas Vehmeijer Partner and Managing Director at The Invisible Party
6
6
6
6
6
Designer
Client
Kamagaya Birth Clinic
Floor area
644 ㎡
Completion
2022
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Furniture
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Furniture
Furniture

The project is to build a fertility clinic. The design concept is a space where light and wind can pass through.

There are no tall buildings adjacent to the land on which this building is built, so it was a place with good sunlight and air flow, and as a result of hearing from people undergoing infertility treatment, I heard that while undergoing infertility treatment, they really feel very anxious and gloomy, so I wanted to at least ease those feelings when they come here and make them feel comfortable, I was thinking about how I wanted to help them and make their anxiety disappear and so, this concept derived naturally.

Also based on that concept, I decided to design a space with a sacred atmosphere. This is because our patients come to us with the feeling that they are praying for a healthy child to be born soon, and we wanted to create a space where their prayers could reach God, even if just a little.

Natural light envelops the space during the day, while at night, based on indirect lighting, soft light envelops the entire space.

The main materials used also have meaning. The wood used for the furniture and walls is beech wood, which we chose because in Greek mythology it was a tree dedicated to the sky god Zeus and is said to symbolise prosperity, victory, etc. Marble is also known as a power stone and is said to have a calming effect. The paint used is also photocatalytic paint, which has an air purifying effect.

The design was created with the hope that the feelings of as many people as possible will be put at ease and their will come true.