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Calm the World Clionaig Fiaclaireachd by Matt Liao

Calm the World Clionaig Fiaclaireachd by Matt Liao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Àiteachan Taobh a-staigh agus Taisbeanaidh Competition Category.


IarannTaobh a-staigh· 2020

Calm the World Clionaig Fiaclaireachd

by Matt Liao

Client: D.More Design Studio

Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Taobh a-staigh Category

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The Design

About Calm the World Clionaig Fiaclaireachd

Dha euslaintich, mar as trice tha feitheamh ann an clionaig fiaclaireachd draghail agus nas fhaide na bha dùil. Mhol an sgioba dealbhaidh gur e ambiance feitheamh socair an iuchair. Chaidh coiteachadh farsaing le mullach àrd a chleachdadh mar an ionad fàilte agus feitheamh gus an deach a ’chiad bheachd a thoirt dha euslaintich. Bidh iad a ’cleachdadh mullach seilearan groin, cumadh fiodha sìmplidh agus an làr griod marmoir gus amalachadh seann leabharlann sgoile a bhrosnachadh, far am faod duine an-còmhnaidh a bhith a’ sireadh a shocair fhèin. Tha an oifis ioma-chleachdadh airson luchd-obrach cuideachd a ’faighinn sealladh sòghail de canndelier ùr-nodha crochte bho lobaidh seilearan groin ann an cùl-shràid sràid a’ bhaile.

The Recognition

About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Tha Calm the World Clionaig Fiaclaireachd air Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean math a choinnicheas ris na riatanasan proifeiseanta is gnìomhachais a thathar a' sùileachadh bho chruthachaidhean a chaidh an dealbhadh gu math. Tha buannaichean Iarainn a' nochdadh sgil mhòr, speisealachadh àrd, tuigse eòlaiche agus comas cruthachail an luchd-cruthachaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Calm the World Clionaig Fiaclaireachd na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach a tha practaigeach agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr sa ghnìomhachas còmhla agus tha feartan teignigeach comasach aige ceangailte ri eòlas-dèanamh agus tàlant. Tha meas air Calm the World Clionaig Fiaclaireachd airson a dhùrachd agus chaidh a dhealbhadh gus leasachaidhean càileachd beatha a thoirt seachad a chuidicheas le bhith a' dèanamh an t-saoghail na àite nas fheàrr.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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