Dental Clinic | Tag

Subverting Traditional Dental Clinic Aesthetics: 9 Projects That Go Beyond Expectations

May 16, 2022

Just like hospitals and medical offices, dental clinics are places that tend to bring anxiety and anguish to patients, reactions that can be intensified in an unfriendly and unwelcoming environment. White and neutral environments can bring the notion of asepsis and hygiene, essential requirements for hospital architecture. However, the lack of welcoming elements, such as the use of warmer colors and materials, may also be responsible for causing a certain distance between professionals and patients, in addition to reinforcing the stereotypes attributed to dental clinics.

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Clinic in the Woods / Takashige Yamashita Office

May 17, 2021

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Architects: Takashige Yamashita Office
Area: 299 m²
Year: 2020
Professionals: Hiraiwa Structural Consultants, Kankyo Engineering INC, Eiko Kensetsu, Tokuzou

Waiting Rooms, Reception Areas, & Courtyards: 43 Notable Examples of Hospital Architecture

March 23, 2020

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Hospitals and projects related to healthcare must follow specific guidelines based on the rules and regulations of their country. These standards help us to design complex spaces, such as those located in areas of surgery, hospitalization, diagnostics, laboratories, and including areas and circulations that are clean, dirty, restricted or public, which create a properly functioning building.

There are a few spaces that we, as architects, can develop with great ease and freedom of design: waiting rooms, reception areas, and outdoor spaces. These are spaces where architects can express the character of the hospital. To jump-start you into this process, we have selected 43 projects that show us how creativity and quality of a space go hand-in-hand with functionality.

Wellness Architecture: 23 Interiors of Medical Facilities

March 11, 2020

Architecture and interior design constantly evolve to meet the needs of society and part of its social role is to assist the well-being of those who transit and use their spaces daily. Hospital architecture is a niche responsible for the development of projects focused on the health area, based on specifications, requirements, and regulations that guarantee and ensure the comfort of patients - it is continuously studying intrinsic issues of how a sick body behaves in space, in order to create environments that assist in the rehabilitation process.