Riki Watanabe · CLIENT: Joke
An important element of this design was that people coming to the hospital would be relaxed. As a feature of space, In addition to the nursing room, a counter like island kitchen is set up so that they can make milk for baby in the waiting room. The kids area, which is at the center of the space, is a symbol of space and they can watch children from anywhere.The sofa placed on the wall has a height that makes it easier for a pregnant woman to sit up, the back angle is adjusted, and the cushion hardness is adjusted so as not to be too soft.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The most important element of this project was that people coming to the hospital would be relaxed. As a feature of space, In addition to the nursing room, a counter like island kitchen is set up so that you can make milk for baby in the waiting room. The kids area, which is at the center of the space, is a symbol of space and they can watch children from anywhere.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Floor area 198.40 square metre
- Tags
- hospital, obstetrics, gynecology,
- Production Technology
- Lighting of the whole space can be considered based on indirect lighting, and by using polycarbonate for the lighting cover, it is a plan that soft light illuminates the whole space. The sofa and Kids area material is synthetic leather finish in consideration of maintainability.
- Design Challenge
- It's not an innovative design, However, Riki Watanabe believes that this space design carefully built based on careful calculations.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2017 in Chiba Japan and finished in November 2018 in Chiba Japan.
- Operation Flow
- The space was designed with wish that the staff could work comfortably and to ease the anxiety of the visitors and want them to feel happy.
The sofa placed on the wall has a height that makes it easier for a pregnant woman to sit up, the back angle is adjusted, and the cushion hardness is adjusted so as not to be too soft.
A relaxing space like a living room also functions as a place for interaction between visitors. - Research
- Riki Watanabe studied the body structure of the pregnant woman.
- Inspiration
- Riki Watanabe was inspired by people such as pregnant women and children.
He designed with the wish that the staff could work comfortably and to ease the anxiety of the visitors and want them to feel happy. - Image Credits
- #1,Photographer Masato Kawano
#2,Photographer Masato Kawano
#3,Photographer Masato Kawano
#4,Photographer Masato Kawano
#5,Photographer Masato Kawano
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