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Daiichi ሆስፒታል by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Daiichi ሆስፒታል by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ኣርክቴክቸር፣ ህንጻን ቅርጽን Competition Category.


ብሩርኣርክቴክቸር· 2024

Daiichi ሆስፒታል

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: Daiichi Hospital

ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ኣርክቴክቸር Category

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The Design

About Daiichi ሆስፒታል

ዳይቺ ኣብ ከተማ ሂመጂ፡ ጃፓን ዝርከብ ህንጻ ሆስፒታል እዩ። እቲ ሸውዓተ ደርቢ ዘለዎ ህንጻ ንዝነበረ ዝኣረገ ህንጻ ተኪኡ፡ ሚእቲ ዓራታት ይሕዝ። እቲ ነዃላት ዘለዎ ገጽ ህንጻ ከም ቀጢን ንጣብ ተቖጺሩ ብብዙሓት ንብርታት ተደጋጊሙ ተሰሪሑ፡ እዚ ድማ ነቲ ህንጻ ዕምቆት ይህቦ፡ ነቲ ምስ ስነ-ህንጻ ሆስፒታል ብተደጋጋሚ ዝተኣሳሰር ከቢድ ምስሊ ድማ የፍኩሶ። እቲ ብንብርታት ዝተሰርሐ ኩርናዕ ንኩርናዓዊ ቅርጺ ናይቲ ቦታ ዝምልስ ኮይኑ፡ ንቐንዲ መእተዊ ድማ ይሕብር። ጻዕዳ ገጻት ንጽህና ንምምልካትን ንሕሙማት ንምህዳእን ተጠቒሞም። ብመርበብ ናይ ሓጺን ኣግማትን ኣዕኑድን ዝተደገፈ እቲ ህንጻ፡ ንጽኑዕ ሕግታት ድሕነት ምንቅጥቃጥ መሬት የማልእ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award

Daiichi ሆስፒታል ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ንጽቡቓት፣ ልዑላትን ዘስደምምን ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ዘለዎም ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ብዘይተለምደ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ብሩር ፍሉይ ክእለት፣ ተውህቦን ጥበብን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘርእዩ ኣዚዮም ዘብርሁን ብዙሕ ፈጠራውያንን ስራሕቲ እዮም። Daiichi ሆስፒታል ዝበለጸ፣ ምሳሌ ዝኾነ፣ ብኣገዳሲ መገዲ ሞያውን ብዕምቆት ሓድሽን ስራሕ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ብዙሕ ዝተራእየን ዝደነቐን ፈጠራ እዩ፣ ጥቕሚ ዘምጽእን ደረት ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዘስፍሕን። Daiichi ሆስፒታል ብብዙሕ ዝቐንኣሉ ፍጥረት እዩ፣ ድሌታት ዘበራብር፣ ጽቡቕ ስምዒታት ዘምጽእን ሰንቢድን ምድናቕን ዘበራብርን።

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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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