Essencare Clinique de Médecine Esthétique by Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen

Essencare Clinique de Médecine Esthétique by Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design d'Intérieur Competition Category.

BronzeIntérieur· 2025

Essencare Clinique de Médecine Esthétique

by Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen

Client: Underroof

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Intérieur Category

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The Design

About Essencare Clinique de Médecine Esthétique

La clinique de médecine esthétique à Taoyuan, Taiwan, réinvente le patrimoine industriel en s'inspirant des anciennes minoteries. Son design présente de grandes colonnes et une végétation luxuriante, favorisant l'harmonie entre l'humanité et la nature. Un patio central permet à la lumière du soleil de créer une ambiance de forêt verticale, reflétant les changements saisonniers. Le dispositif à ondulations d'eau à l'entrée et les tubes lumineux mécaniques produisent un effet sous-marin. Ce design crée un espace organique et migratoire où les visiteurs peuvent trouver refuge au sein des mémoires urbaines, mêlant les récits du passé à un avenir harmonieux.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Essencare Clinique de Médecine Esthétique est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Essencare Clinique de Médecine Esthétique est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Essencare Clinique de Médecine Esthétique satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: To encapsulate the urban memory of Taoyuan, an industrial hub in Taiwan, this project "reimagines" the essence of industrial remnants within the space, specifically referencing a historic flour factory with large columns, reflective of the city’s past landscape. By integrating a strategic patio, sunlight floods the interior, transforming it into a vertical forest that embodies the rhythms of the seasons and the passage of time.
Dimensions & Packaging: The long side of the site is 20.5 meters long and 7.4 meters wide, with a total area of 140 square meters.
Tags: Medical Beauty Clinic, Post-Human, Industrial Ruins, Coexistence with Nature, Hyper-Reality
Production Technology: At the entrance, a Water Ripple Device features a metallic plate that refracts light and shadow, creating an ethereal underwater ambiance. Inside, expansive "mechanical water ripple light tubes" simulate cascading waterfalls, immersing visitors in a transcendent aquatic experience.
Design Challenge: The primary challenge lies in crafting an organic migratory experience within a constrained space. While it is essential to "reproduce" the cylindrical form emblematic of industrial ruins, this must be achieved without overt visual prominence. Each area will present a distinct landscape, facilitating free movement and exploration, allowing individuals to discover hidden spaces that resonate with their inner moods.
Research: In the context of the "post-human era," aesthetic medical clinics must prioritize the creation of immersive spatial experiences. This project not only preserves the memory of an industrial city but also redefines it through a new narrative, constructing a hyper-realistic environment that resonates with urban heritage.
Inspiration: Emerging trends in medical aesthetics have reshaped East Asia, intertwining futuristic narratives of the "post-human" with daily life. This design draws from the concept of the "post-human era," envisioning how a medical aesthetic clinic in a post-industrial city can evoke the collective memory of its surroundings, turning the clinic into a prologue for post-human exploration.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2024 and finished in November 2024 in Taoyuan.
Operation Flow: This project juxtaposes two distinct forms of industrial remains. The first, the "large column," serves as a sanctuary for rest and privacy, while the second, the "small column," is enlivened by the encroachment of wild flora. This dichotomy invites a dialogue on the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature within the narrative of the post-human era.
Team Members: Designer: Yawen Liu
Designer: Wenche Chen
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #2: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #3: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #4: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #5: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.