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The OmniDirectional

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JURY VOTES
Healthcare Centre
6.75
5.75
7.08
6.58
6.54
Wiebe Boonstra
Wiebe Boonstra Art Director / Co Founder at DUM
super cool, great mis en scene. But...
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6
8
7
7.25
Oliver Salway
Oliver Salway Founder at Softroom
The pared-back aesthetic chimes wit...
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3
6
7
5.75
Cameron Fry
Cameron Fry Creative Director at Liqui Group
Really like the use of a single mat...
8
9
9
8
8.5
Giulia Maria Moschen Bracho
Giulia Maria Moschen Bracho Trend Researcher | Futurist at Freelance
This project raises many questions...
6
4
7
6
5.75
Elena Apiou
Elena Apiou Head of design at Adagio Aparthotels
Creative treatment of a medical cen...
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7
7
7
7
Tom Edington
Tom Edington Creative Director at YourStudio
Singular use of material has huge i...
6
6
7
7
6.5
Daisuke Nagatomo
Daisuke Nagatomo Assistant Professor at National Taiwan Normal University
Homogenous way of applying single m...
7
6
6
6
6.25
Heidi Smith
Heidi Smith Partner at Gray Puksand
Whilst I can appreciate the impact...
5
4
7
6
5.5
Sanxia Zhou
Sanxia Zhou Director at Sunshine PR and Frame China
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7
8
6
6.75
Vincent de Graaf
Vincent de Graaf Co-founder at AIM Architecture
Strong presence on the exterior, an...
7
6
6
7
6.5
William Lim
William Lim Managing Director at CL3 Architects Limited
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4
8
6
6.25
Valérie Boerma
Valérie Boerma Founder at Barde vanVoltt
Video is good, single use of materi...
7
7
6
6
6.5
Client
Toshi-Naika Clinic
Floor area
203 ㎡
Completion
2020

The OmniDirectional is an internal medicine clinic located in a Japanese suburban town of Hyogo prefecture. The core of the clinic is the endoscopy room, specialty of the doctor, naturally placing it in a central position both spatially and functionally. The entrance gives directly to the central axis of the waiting room, with the reception counter in the back and followed by a large clear glass opening that showcases the endoscopy room as a modern medical tech piece of art. The room needs to be accessed from both the examination section and the treatment section, while these two require a direct access from the waiting room, and a straight connection to and through the backyard of the clinic. Placing the endoscopy room at the center and surrounding it with the four other spaces results on a castellated square deposited on its lateral axes. The materiality of the clinic also plays an essential role for highlighting the endoscopy room as the core of the building. By contrasting the edgy and stoic cement fiber panels exterior cladding to the warm and relaxing OSB panels on the walls and ceiling of the waiting room, the space blends hospitality with medical care in a subtle duality. The contrast in inversed on the inside, where the endoscopy room, visible through the glass, is finished in white surfaces accentuating the high-tech, hygiene, and the high medical virtuosity. While in use the room is covered through blinders to secure a total intimacy for the patients.