The OmniDirectional 內科診所 by Tetsuya Matsumoto

The OmniDirectional 內科診所 by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 建築、樓宇及結構設計 Competition Category.

銀建築· 2021

The OmniDirectional 內科診所

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: Toshi Naika Clinic

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About The OmniDirectional 內科診所

OmniDirectional 是一家位於日本兵庫縣郊區小鎮的內科診所。診所的核心是內視鏡室，自然地將其置於空間和功能的中心。入口直接通往候診室的中軸線，盡頭是接待櫃檯，後面是一個展示內視鏡室的玻璃開口。透過對比外部、內部和內視鏡室的物質性，診所的物質性對於突顯內視鏡室作為建築的核心也起著至關重要的作用。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

The OmniDirectional 內科診所是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計The OmniDirectional 內科診所將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。The OmniDirectional 內科診所是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The Omnidirectional is an internal medicine clinic designed to emphasize the specialty of the doctor, the endoscopy. The building is constructed using wooden structure in a standard Japanese grid. The endoscopy room occupied the center of the clinic both spatially and functionally and was made visible from the waiting room through a glazed wall behind the reception counter. The square shape of the clinic was placed laterally and its sides in stairs form resulting in a unified appearance.
Dimensions & Packaging: Gross Built Area: 203sqm
W20238mm x D20238mm x H3639mm
Tags: Japan, clinic, medical, OSB, wood, cement, geometrical, square, endoscopy, minimalism
Production Technology: The building is constructed using wooden structure in the form of a standard Japanese grid. To make the contrast between the interior and the exterior, the outside was covered in a newly created fiber cement panels. The interior walls were made using OSB panels and kept without any finish to create the warm wooden atmosphere. The floor was made using vinyl tiles with the same OSB motif printed. The endoscopy room was finished in white wallpaper and vinyl floor.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge for this project was the very tight budget limiting the use of materials to the simplest and cheapest ones. The wooden structure was chosen as the most affordable construction system, followed by using OSB panels as a solution for using the cheapest product, unfinished and yet give character to the space. then the challenge was to counterbalance the OSB aesthetic with other materials both outside and inside, and how this would help emphasizing the endoscopy room.
Research: The research in this project was mainly focused on finding the possibilities to highlight the endoscopy room as the center piece of the clinic. The relationship between the different entities functionally and spatially, and how the ensemble could merge in a unified space. the research goes further into employing materiality to achieve aesthetic but also functional roles. How to make space transition using materiality and yet keeping the unity and coherence.
Inspiration: This design was inspired by the central functionality of the endoscopy in the doctor method, while compared to the geometrical properties of a square. The operational diagram makes clear connections with the disposition of spaces and the functional relation between each of them.
Project Duration: Project start: August 2019.
Construction start: February 2020.
Project/Construction End: July 2020.

Location: Taishi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Operation Flow: The entrance gives directly to the center of the waiting room where the reception desk is located. The endoscopy room visible through glass separation located behind the reception occupies the central part of the space. the waiting space gives to the examination area to the right and the treatment area to the left. these two spaces are both connected through the endoscopy room and through the backyard behind making a full space circulation.
Team Members: Tetsuya Matsumoto
Motoaki Takeuchi
Farid Ziani
Risa Iriyama
Mari Sugiyama
Image Credits: Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The OmniDirectional, 2020.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The OmniDirectional, 2020.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The OmniDirectional, 2020.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The OmniDirectional, 2020.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The OmniDirectional, 2020.