Streetscape:
Prior to this project the site was occupied by an old clinic and an Azuma-style private house. Old houses have been relocated and the streetscape has changed drastically. A new building in just any design would make the changing street appear even more random. Our response was to design a clinic in line with the image of “walls” nestled low in the woods, by planting trees along the street and keeping the height of the building low. This aspect creates a “break” within the monotonous streetscape’s hustle and bustle, and will become a landmark while also maintaining a simple form. By keeping the old warehouse and garden and having the old and new coexist, it also creates a temporal landscape sequence.

Medical care space:
Four examination cubicles are arranged between columns with the beams and each cubicle’s width is 2,730-mm wide. The garden can be seen from the examination cubicles through the large windows. This area constitutes an east-west layer from the car park, corridor, and examination room to the garden, and a south-north layer from the road, waiting room, and examination room to the space at the back. Natural light, artificial lighting, and air conditioning equipment have been arranged according to these configurations. Each parking space has equidistant access to the corridor, and people are able to read a book under the natural light from the top and spend their time looking at the garden and warehouse. The view of the garden from the examination table is designed to relieve patients’ emotional distress. A naturally fluctuating level of brightness depending on the weather and time of the day is usually undesirable when it comes to dental treatment, but here it functions well thanks to the advanced medical equipment even in this open space with large windows. The landscape, architectural components, and medical care space are integrated within this clinic, with each space considered inseparable from the others. The creation of this comfortable space was only possible with a thorough understanding of the client’s wishes.