This project is a plan for moving and reopening an internal clinic in a shopping mall on the outskirts of Hiroshima. The shopping mall has a high ceiling and, therefore, so does the clinic that occupies space within it. The clinic’s surrounding corridors are bustling with shoppers.
The client requested to make good use of the high ceiling. However, keeping the open space increases the risk of heating/cooling and ventilation problems. So we inclined the ceiling to intonate the height, and we controlled the room space to adjust the volume of the room. Furthermore, we made all the walls the same height and created space in between the walls and the ceiling like a partition style. This showed the ceiling as “a big roof” spanning all rooms and so giving the space depth, brightness and a comfortable feeling. In considering the privacy of people coming into the clinic, we managed, without closing the facade, to arrange each room to allow in light but yet in such a way to stop the direct view of outsiders.
In total, it looks like a wooden Kura (a traditional Japanese storehouse), but we feel that this magnanimous space gives people repose and comfort.
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