Awakening 牙科診所 by Lieh-Wei Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

銅室內· 2023

Awakening 牙科診所

by Lieh-Wei Liu

Client: Chang Gu Interior Design Center

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About Awakening 牙科診所

覺醒是一間位於台灣桃園市中壢區嘅牙科診所。室內空間涵蓋三層樓,包括接待區、休息同諮詢區、治療室、消毒室同辦公區域。金屬、石材、木材同大量室內植物構成主要材料。寬闊嘅大理石面同粗糙嘅岩石表面同溫暖嘅木材形成對比,令人聯想起地球早期植物生命緩慢生長嘅過程。病人同員工嘅動線分開設計,以保護私隱同減少交叉感染。呢個設計以寧靜嘅自然環境取代咗冰冷嘅白色醫療空間。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Awakening 牙科診所是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Awakening 牙科診所將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Awakening 牙科診所出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Metal, stone, wood and a large number of indoor plants are used as the basic materials of landscaping to shape. The large-section marble and irregular rough rock surface are the main focus of the space of the whole area to symbolize that the Creator has exerted the magnificent power to create space since ancient times. The use of a large number of green plants and hard mottled boulders. The base of the warm and gentle texture of wood is a metaphor for the progress of time and the circle of life.
Dimensions & Packaging: The first floor has a total construction area of 300 square meters. Has areas for guest reception, restreading room, consulting room, gaming room and Dental space. Second floor has a total construction area of 200 square meters. Has areas for guest reception, rest,consulting room, Dental space sterization room and operation room. Third floor has a total construction area of 200 square meters. Has areas for guest reception, rest,consulting room, photo Room, Dental space and office Area.
Tags: Dental Clinic, Dentisit, Courtyard, Fungus, Algae, Ferns
Production Technology: Medicine is a part of humanity. The design of a medical space should avoid the old framework and be transformed from a cold white space into one with splendid colors, from an emphasis on practical functions to a diverse cultural space, moving from a field where people can only feel sickness and pain to a positive and optimistic environment. Such a re-envisioning takes imagination and enthusiasm, but also the ability to integrate all the advanced equipment rationally and professionally.
Design Challenge: Currently, the pandemic is a global issue and infection control has become a primary design point for medical spaces. We incorporated the patients consultation flow and the medical personnels work flow into the early stage of the design. We selected the antibacterial strength of various materials to prevent the cross infection of viruses, studied equipment disinfection and the transportation path of infected waste and strictly separated the access space to comply with infection control regulations.
Research: This project attempts to use the space to express a flexible appeal. As if writing the softest haiku despite strong rational repression, it neither adheres to the formal aesthetics of architecture nor overly relies on decorative techniques. The project uses spatial vocabulary to encourage the owner accept the theme and metaphors like those in stories, thus paving a way for a future full of possibilities for medical spaces and creating a medical experience completely unlike those of the past.
Inspiration: 3.4 billion years ago. This first green plant to appear on earth fell into the methane-full ocean and kept reproducing. The atmosphere slowly formed on the ground. Over the next billions of years, fungus, algae, ferns, Lycopodiopsida and Equisetum bogotense. The plants that reproduced through spores were as tall as modern trees. Soon, forests of seed plants occupied and dominated the entire earth, providing the necessary growing conditions and protection for the planet. All from that first Cyanobacteria.
Project Duration: Design: 2017.10 Construction: 2017.11-2018.10 in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Operation Flow: The clinic design must respect the patients medical care procedures and the medical personnels work flow. Regarding patients medical treatment, any overlapping flow with others has to be minimized to respect privacy and reduce cross infection. From entering the clinic to check in, waiting, consultation, seeing a doctor, relief after treatment and medical personnels advice to leaving the clinic, patients will complete all steps of the medical procedure in the most comfortable, independent, and relaxed state.
Team Members: Design Director:LIU LIEH-WEI
Designer: LIN YI-CHIA
Designer: LIOU YEU-YANN
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Liang Yen Hsiung, Rhythm, 2018. Image #2: Photographer Liang Yen Hsiung, Life, 2018.
Image #3: Photographer Liang Yen Hsiung, Silence, 2018. Image #4: Photographer Liang Yen Hsiung, Healing, 2018. Image #5: Photographer Liang Yen Hsiung, TGrowth, 2018.