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Coexisting With Nature Clinic

Yoshiaki　Tanaka Clinic Architecture

Coexisting With Nature

This dental clinic was created using a design method that takes advantage of the vegetation, height difference, and depth of the existing land. TSC Architects wanted to design a clinic where patients can experience nature as if they were taking a walk on the road. They planned to leave the trees as much as possible, arrange the functions of the clinic to match the characteristics of the land, and connect them with corridors and multiple roofs. By setting the height of the floor at the center of the height difference on the site, people can feel a sense of floating and sinking into the ground.

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Warm Transparency Clinic

Yoshiaki　Tanaka Clinic Architecture

Warm Transparency

Conventionally, a hospital tends to be a space that has poor natural color or material due to artificial structure material to improve the functionally and the efficiency. Therefore, patients feel that they are being apart from their daily life. A consideration for a comfortable environment where patients can spend and free from stress, should be taken. TSC architects provide an open, comfortable space by setting an L-shaped open ceiling space and the large eaves by using a plenty of wood material. The warm transparency of this architecture connects people and medical services.

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Hyangsimjae Clinic

Kwang-il An Clinic Architecture

Hyangsimjae

Hyangsimjae takes a holistic approach to medical treatments, combining family medicine and dermatology. It's design aims to create an intimate atmosphere and help the doctor and the patient to establish a relationship of mutual trust. This is why the rooms are designed in such a way that only a small number of people can enter them at a time. The natural materials, colors and light conditions of the interior radiate calm, and the use of glass and metal gives the building an urban appearance, while, at the same time, the rough exterior facade contrasts with the surrounding cityscape.

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Playful Child Care Clinic

Yoshiaki　Tanaka Clinic Architecture

Playful Child Care

TSC Architects has designed a distinctive roof with three layers in three design strategies. The first is to gently wrap the patient. Next, the space is divided into infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases, and the space is designed to feel the wholeness. Finally, the light from the windows in the gaps in the roof illuminates the eaves ceiling, giving a glimpse of the activities inside. Surrounded by the warmth of wood and picture books, the atrium waiting room is a place where patients and children can be energetic while taking precautions against infection.

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