Daiichi 病院 by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 銀賞 in 建築・建物・構造物デザイン Competition Category.
銀建築· 2024
Daiichi 病院
Client: Daiichi Hospital
A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in 建築 Category
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About Daiichi 病院
第一（ダイイチ）は、日本の姫路市に立地する病院建築である。地上7階建てのこの建物は、旧棟に代わる施設として建設され、100床を有する。多孔的なファサードは薄いシート状のものとして扱われ、それを幾重にも重ねることで建物に奥行きを与え、病院建築にありがちな重々しい印象を和らげている。層状に重なる角部は敷地の鋭角的な形状に応答し、メインエントランスを印象づけている。白を基調とした仕上げは清潔感を想起させ、患者の心を落ち着かせる効果をもたらす。鉄骨の梁と柱によるグリッド架構が建物を支え、厳格な耐震基準にも適合している。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀賞
Daiichi 病院は、見事で印象的なハイエンドのデザインに授与される、非常に権威ある評価である A' Design Award 銀賞の受賞作品です。銀賞の受賞作品は、きわめて輝かしく創造性に富んだ作品であり、デザイナーの傑出した専門知識、才能、洞察力を示しています。Daiichi 病院は、素晴らしい代表作であり、驚くほどプロフェッショナルで、深く革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銀賞を受賞したデザインは、非常に注目すべき称賛される発明であり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に寄与し、それを前進させます。Daiichi 病院は、多くの人に羨まれる創造物であり、欲求を呼び覚まし、前向きな感情をもたらし、驚きと感嘆を灯します。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The new replacement building for Himeji Daiichi Hospital is built next to the late 1960s block that is planned to be demolished after moving to the new building. The idea behind this project is to bring some modernity and lightness to the old institution and to change the heavy monolithic image of hospital buildings. This is done by creating a porous facade that is treated as a sheet and repeated to create the depth of the building.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross Built Area: 2239sqm
W55100mm x D29777mm x H29910 - Tags
- Japan, hospital, white, reception, green, architecture, interior, medical, clinic, reception
- Production Technology
- The 7 stories building is supported by a grid of metallic beams and pillars. Since Japan is prone to earthquakes the building is design with extra safety measure. The facade is covered by cladding panels from KMEW. The interior is built using drywall techniques and was finished with a variety of materials including tiles, vinyl floor, vinyl wall cloth, wooden panels, platina panels, melamine board, and mirrors.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge of this project is to design and build a fully functional 100 beds hospital that responds to the newest Japanese regulations regarding earthquake and fire safety, using a very limited budget and yet produce a space that tends more towards hospitality rather then medical. Finding the middle ground between small luxury, efficiency, cost effectiveness, limited footprint, and extremely regulated spaces.
- Research
- The main challenge with this project is to break up with the monolithic block representative of modern hospitals and shift the interior towards a more anxiety free hospitality driven spaces. While aiming to achieve this the design needed to still obey the very strict healthcare functionality of a modern hospital and keep the tight budget under control. The available land area had an irregular shape creating efficiency complications that needed to be overcome.
- Inspiration
- The design was inspired by its site. the shape of the available land area and its angular position toward the main road inspired the repetition of the main facade in several layers as a corner treatment that would be an eye catcher for the people driving along the road but also for the pedestrians walking by. The white color dominance is inspired by the cleanliness, the hygiene, and its psychological effect on the patients.
- Project Duration
- Project start: July 2018.
Construction starts: December 2021.
Project/Construction End: March 2023.
Location:
Himeji City, Japan. - Operation Flow
- The entrance opens to the reception counter followed by to the waiting area that faces a series of consulting and treatment rooms. It also contains medical imaging area and an emergency area also accessible from a dedicated entrance. The second floor is occupied by the dialyzes room, operating area, and dispensing services. The following floors are for the inpatient rooms. The sixth floor houses the rehabilitation room, the kitchen and dining areas, and offices. The seventh floor is technical.
- Team Members
- Tetsuya Matsumoto
- Image Credits
- Image #1: photographer ©Nacasa & partners Inc, Daiichi Hospital, 2023.
Image #2: photographer ©Nacasa & partners Inc, Daiichi Hospital, 2023.
Image #3: photographer ©Nacasa & partners Inc, Daiichi Hospital, 2023.
Image #4: photographer ©Nacasa & partners Inc, Daiichi Hospital, 2023.
Image #5: photographer ©Nacasa & partners Inc, Daiichi Hospital, 2023.
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