Essencare Clínica de Medicina Estética by Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen

Essencare Clínica de Medicina Estética by Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Espaços Interiores e Exposições Competition Category.

BronzeInterior· 2025

Essencare Clínica de Medicina Estética

by Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen

Client: Underroof

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Essencare Clínica de Medicina Estética

A Clínica de Medicina Estética em Taoyuan, Taiwan, reimagina o patrimônio industrial inspirando-se em fábricas históricas de farinha. Seu design apresenta grandes colunas e vegetação exuberante, promovendo harmonia entre humanidade e natureza. Um pátio central permite que a luz solar crie uma ambiência de floresta vertical, refletindo as mudanças sazonais. O Dispositivo de Ondulação Aquática na entrada e os tubos luminosos mecânicos produzem um efeito subaquático. Este design cria um espaço orgânico e migratório onde os visitantes podem encontrar refúgio em meio às memórias urbanas, mesclando narrativas do passado com um futuro harmonioso.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Essencare Clínica de Medicina Estética conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que Essencare Clínica de Medicina Estética seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. Essencare Clínica de Medicina Estética satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: To encapsulate the urban memory of Taoyuan, an industrial hub in Taiwan, this project "reimagines" the essence of industrial remnants within the space, specifically referencing a historic flour factory with large columns, reflective of the city’s past landscape. By integrating a strategic patio, sunlight floods the interior, transforming it into a vertical forest that embodies the rhythms of the seasons and the passage of time.
Dimensions & Packaging: The long side of the site is 20.5 meters long and 7.4 meters wide, with a total area of 140 square meters.
Tags: Medical Beauty Clinic, Post-Human, Industrial Ruins, Coexistence with Nature, Hyper-Reality
Production Technology: At the entrance, a Water Ripple Device features a metallic plate that refracts light and shadow, creating an ethereal underwater ambiance. Inside, expansive "mechanical water ripple light tubes" simulate cascading waterfalls, immersing visitors in a transcendent aquatic experience.
Design Challenge: The primary challenge lies in crafting an organic migratory experience within a constrained space. While it is essential to "reproduce" the cylindrical form emblematic of industrial ruins, this must be achieved without overt visual prominence. Each area will present a distinct landscape, facilitating free movement and exploration, allowing individuals to discover hidden spaces that resonate with their inner moods.
Research: In the context of the "post-human era," aesthetic medical clinics must prioritize the creation of immersive spatial experiences. This project not only preserves the memory of an industrial city but also redefines it through a new narrative, constructing a hyper-realistic environment that resonates with urban heritage.
Inspiration: Emerging trends in medical aesthetics have reshaped East Asia, intertwining futuristic narratives of the "post-human" with daily life. This design draws from the concept of the "post-human era," envisioning how a medical aesthetic clinic in a post-industrial city can evoke the collective memory of its surroundings, turning the clinic into a prologue for post-human exploration.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2024 and finished in November 2024 in Taoyuan.
Operation Flow: This project juxtaposes two distinct forms of industrial remains. The first, the "large column," serves as a sanctuary for rest and privacy, while the second, the "small column," is enlivened by the encroachment of wild flora. This dichotomy invites a dialogue on the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature within the narrative of the post-human era.
Team Members: Designer: Yawen Liu
Designer: Wenche Chen
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #2: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #3: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #4: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Image #5: Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.