The OmniDirectional ’ Ann An Clionaig Leigheis A-Staigh by Tetsuya Matsumoto

The OmniDirectional ’ Ann An Clionaig Leigheis A-Staigh by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Duais Airgid A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Ailtireachd, Togalaichean agus Structaran Competition Category.

AirgeadAiltireachd· 2021

The OmniDirectional ’ Ann An Clionaig Leigheis A-Staigh

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: Toshi Naika Clinic

Duais Airgid A' Design Award Winner in Ailtireachd Category

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The Design

About The OmniDirectional ’ Ann An Clionaig Leigheis A-Staigh

Tha an OmniDirectional na chlinic leigheis a-staigh a tha suidhichte ann am baile fo-bhailtean Iapanach Hyogo prefecture. Is e cridhe a’ chlinic an seòmar endoscopy, gu nàdarra ga chuir ann an suidheachadh meadhanach an dà chuid gu spàsail agus gu gnìomh. Bheir an t-slighe a-steach gu dìreach gu axis meadhan an t-seòmair feitheimh, a ’crìochnachadh anns a’ chunntair fàilteachaidh agus an uairsin fosgladh glainne a sheallas an seòmar endoscopy. Tha àite deatamach aig buntainneachd a’ chlinic cuideachd ann a bhith a’ soilleireachadh an t-seòmar endoscopy mar chridhe an togalaich le bhith a’ dèanamh coimeas eadar iomchaidheachd an taobh a-muigh, an taobh a-staigh agus an t-seòmar endoscopy.

The Recognition

About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Tha The OmniDirectional ’ Ann An Clionaig Leigheis A-Staigh air Duais Airgid A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean den chiad ìre, àlainn agus drùidhteach. Tha buannaichean Airgid nan obraichean anabarrach boillsgeach agus gu math cruthachail a nochdas sàr-eòlas, tàlant agus geurchuis an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi The OmniDirectional ’ Ann An Clionaig Leigheis A-Staigh na obair mhìorbhaileach, na sàr-eisimpleir a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus gu domhainn ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Airgid A' Design Award na innleachd glè fhaicsinneach, ion-mholta a bhrosnaicheas crìochan ealain, saidheans, dealbhaidh agus teicneolais. Tha The OmniDirectional ’ Ann An Clionaig Leigheis A-Staigh na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran eud, a dhùisgeas miannan, a bheir faireachdainnean math agus a thogas iongnadh is miorbhail.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Omnidirectional is an internal medicine clinic designed to emphasize the specialty of the doctor, the endoscopy. The building is constructed using wooden structure in a standard Japanese grid. The endoscopy room occupied the center of the clinic both spatially and functionally and was made visible from the waiting room through a glazed wall behind the reception counter. The square shape of the clinic was placed laterally and its sides in stairs form resulting in a unified appearance.
Dimensions & Packaging: Gross Built Area: 203sqm
W20238mm x D20238mm x H3639mm
Tags: Japan, clinic, medical, OSB, wood, cement, geometrical, square, endoscopy, minimalism
Production Technology: The building is constructed using wooden structure in the form of a standard Japanese grid. To make the contrast between the interior and the exterior, the outside was covered in a newly created fiber cement panels. The interior walls were made using OSB panels and kept without any finish to create the warm wooden atmosphere. The floor was made using vinyl tiles with the same OSB motif printed. The endoscopy room was finished in white wallpaper and vinyl floor.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge for this project was the very tight budget limiting the use of materials to the simplest and cheapest ones. The wooden structure was chosen as the most affordable construction system, followed by using OSB panels as a solution for using the cheapest product, unfinished and yet give character to the space. then the challenge was to counterbalance the OSB aesthetic with other materials both outside and inside, and how this would help emphasizing the endoscopy room.
Research: The research in this project was mainly focused on finding the possibilities to highlight the endoscopy room as the center piece of the clinic. The relationship between the different entities functionally and spatially, and how the ensemble could merge in a unified space. the research goes further into employing materiality to achieve aesthetic but also functional roles. How to make space transition using materiality and yet keeping the unity and coherence.
Inspiration: This design was inspired by the central functionality of the endoscopy in the doctor method, while compared to the geometrical properties of a square. The operational diagram makes clear connections with the disposition of spaces and the functional relation between each of them.
Project Duration: Project start: August 2019.
Construction start: February 2020.
Project/Construction End: July 2020.

Location: Taishi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Operation Flow: The entrance gives directly to the center of the waiting room where the reception desk is located. The endoscopy room visible through glass separation located behind the reception occupies the central part of the space. the waiting space gives to the examination area to the right and the treatment area to the left. these two spaces are both connected through the endoscopy room and through the backyard behind making a full space circulation.
Team Members: Tetsuya Matsumoto
Motoaki Takeuchi
Farid Ziani
Risa Iriyama
Mari Sugiyama
Image Credits: Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The OmniDirectional, 2020.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The OmniDirectional, 2020.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The OmniDirectional, 2020.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The OmniDirectional, 2020.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The OmniDirectional, 2020.