Calm the World Hortz Klinika by Matt Liao

Calm the World Hortz Klinika by Matt Liao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award in Barruko Espazioa eta Erakusketa Diseinua Competition Category.

BurdinaBarrualdea· 2020

Calm the World Hortz Klinika

by Matt Liao

Client: D.More Design Studio

Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Barrualdea Category

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The Design

About Calm the World Hortz Klinika

Gaixoei, hortz klinika batean itxarotea normalean espero baino luzeagoa da. Diseinu taldeak itxarote giro lasaia gakoa dela proposatu zuen. Gailurretako sabai zabal zabal batek harrera eta itxarote gunea funtzionatzen zuen orduan gaixoen lehen inpresioa izateko. Groin ganga sabaia, zurezko moldura sinpleak eta marmol saretako zorua erabiltzen dituzte eskola zaharreko liburutegi baten giroa sustatzeko, non beti bere lasaitasuna bila dezakeen. Erabilera anitzeko langileak bulegoko kandela modernoaren luxuzko ikuspegia ere du, hiriko kaleko atzeko aldean.

The Recognition

About the Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award

Calm the World Hortz Klinika Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, ondo diseinatutako sorkuntzetatik espero diren eskakizun profesional eta industrialak betetzen dituzten diseinu onei ematen zaien aitorpen prestijiotsua. Burdin-mailako irabazleek beren sortzaileen trebetasun handia, espezializazio handia, adituen ulermena eta sormen-gaitasuna erakusten dituzte. Calm the World Hortz Klinika oso estimatua, miretsia eta maitea den sorkuntza izatea espero da, praktikoa eta berritzailea dena. Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu honek sektoreko praktika onenak integratzen ditu eta know-how-ari eta talentuari lotutako ezaugarri tekniko gaituak ditu. Calm the World Hortz Klinika zehaztasunagatik errespetatua den lana da, eta mundua leku hobea egiten laguntzen duten bizi-kalitatearen hobekuntzak eskaintzeko diseinatua dagoena.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This project was designed after finishing this client's previous dental clinic renovation in the same neighborhood. Although both properties have the same small dimensions, the space requirement was way much more in this new site. The design team was asked to put three examination rooms, one x-ray room, a dental laboratory with 2 separate in/out doors, a reception, a waiting area and restrooms within this narrow 84-square-meter area of the first floor. For the mezzanine, an operating room, a consulting room, a multi-use office, restrooms are required.
Dimensions & Packaging: This site located on the first floor, has a total area of 145 square meters including a 60-square-meter mezzanine. The dimension is 5.8 meters in width and 14.7 meters in length.
Tags: World, Dental, Clinic, DMore, Taipei
Production Technology: Formica, Steel, Glass, Wallpaper, Marble.
Design Challenge: To understand very detailed dental examination and operating procedures was critical while trying to put many functions in this small site. In addition, insisting a spacious waiting lobby had made this even more difficult. The dentists and dental equipment supplier's opinions and comments were truly helpful in the whole process.
Research: By sacrificing a big part of space to the entrance lobby, we had to avoid some doors and walls in the clinic in order to achieve more openness. A wider one turn staircase to the mezzanine leads us to the multi-use office with a luxury view of a modern chandelier hanging from our groin vault lobby in the New Taipei City street view background.
Inspiration: To many patients, seeing dentists have always been stressful. And since the waiting time is usually longer than expected, the design team proposed that a calm ambiance while waiting would be the key to the design. A spacious high ceiling lobby functioned as the reception and waiting area was then created for patient's first impression. They use a groin vault ceiling and some simple wood moldings plus the marble grids in promoting the ambiance of an old school library, where one can always seek for his own calmness.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2019 and finished in June 2019.
Operation Flow: By now, the clinic had been operating for more than 9 months. Waiting for examination has become quite relaxed and calm experiences according to the interviews with some patients. Even though people tend to receive digital information via digital devices nowadays, the old-school library can still be a reminder to one's sense of calmness.
Team Members: Designer: Matt Liao
Designer: Red Hong
Designer: Yang Chen
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Kelvin Ku
Image #2: Photographer Kelvin Ku
Image #3: Photographer Kelvin Ku
Image #4: Photographer Kelvin Ku