This design project is for a cosmetic surgery clinic with an area up to 660m2 located in a commercial building in downtown Taipei. The overall design concept originates from the curves of human figures. The space has been designed into three consulting areas, two clinic rooms, three further consultation rooms, three post-procedure massage rooms, three operation rooms, one recovery room, and staff administrative area.
Main features of the designconsist of plasma glass for privacy control, iris recognition systemsfor access control, ventilation systems for positive & negative operation room pressure control, and other professional equipment for medical use. Limitation arising from insufficient ceiling height is one the difficulties needs to be overcome while planked ceiling and unique lighting design adds more touches to the atmosphere. Thanks to PMMA and guide plate technology, a special acrylic lighting system has been adopted to meet the requirement of homogenous yet glareless illumination in operation room without sacrificing aesthetics.
Evolution Deconstruction Human artistry is to modification of countenance created by God what deconstruction is to reorganizing and rethinking of existing forms. When developing our design theme to this medical aesthetics clinic, we made an attempt to deconstruct human torso. The human profile was transformed into curved lines of the room, in which the building mass in pure white made a representation of muscle lines with tension. The buttock curves together with the up-going breast line successfully spell out that human figure is the theme of interior design.
The word Artificial is quite interesting. It means man-made but it also takes art and artifice to complete the work. This inspired us to make the waiting area as an art gallery exhibiting art creations of human figures. Sculptures by American artist Will Clift collected by the Clinic are displayed here to show the balance in the ingenious twinkle between movement and stillness of human postures. The same can also be found in the space design. Under the limitation of an old building with scattered beams and pillars and a clearance as small as of 2.2 meters, straight lines of the ceiling become orderly guidance to the light, while the lighting itself creates movement in the white and steady space. Rectangular lighting is used in the hallway leading to the operation room to convey a sense of changing time and create a three-dimensionalaxis of time from coming-in to going-out. The Evolutionism by Charles Darwin is presented taking the form of medical aesthetics.
