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Calm the World Tandheelkundige Kliniek by Matt Liao

Calm the World Tandheelkundige Kliniek by Matt Liao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in IJzer in Interieur en Tentoonstellingsontwerp Competition Category.


IJzerInterieur· 2020

Calm the World Tandheelkundige Kliniek

by Matt Liao

Client: D.More Design Studio

A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Interieur Category

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The Design

About Calm the World Tandheelkundige Kliniek

Voor patiënten is het wachten in een tandheelkundige kliniek meestal angstig en langer dan verwacht. Het ontwerpteam stelde voor dat een rustige wachtsfeer de sleutel is. Een ruime lobby met hoog plafond fungeerde toen als receptie en wachtruimte voor de eerste indruk van de patiënt. Ze gebruiken een kruisgewelfplafond, eenvoudige houten lijsten en de marmeren roostervloer om de sfeer van een oude schoolbibliotheek te promoten, waar men altijd zijn eigen rust kan zoeken. Het multifunctionele kantoor voor het personeel heeft ook een luxe uitzicht op een moderne kroonluchter die aan de kruisgewelflobby op de achtergrond van de stadsstraat hangt.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in IJzer

Calm the World Tandheelkundige Kliniek is winnaar van de A' Design Award in IJzer, een prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan goede ontwerpen die voldoen aan de professionele en industriële eisen die worden verwacht van goed ontworpen creaties. Winnaars in IJzer tonen grote vaardigheid, hoge specialisatie, deskundig inzicht en het creatieve vermogen van hun makers. Calm the World Tandheelkundige Kliniek wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerde, bewonderde en gekoesterde creatie te zijn die praktisch en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in IJzer heeft gewonnen, integreert de beste praktijken uit de sector en heeft bekwame technische kenmerken die verbonden zijn met knowhow en talent. Calm the World Tandheelkundige Kliniek wordt gerespecteerd om zijn grondigheid en is ontworpen om verbeteringen van de levenskwaliteit te bieden die helpen de wereld een betere plek te maken.

Behind the Design

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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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