SYNTHESIS
WHAT?
Healthcare Clinic
WHERE?
Chicago
The healthcare clinic aims to rekindle a commitment to healing, hope, optimism, & innovation, an aspect of healthcare that is often neglected. To incorporate this theme, characteristics of the natural elements, of earth, water, and light, is used as a consistent geometric language, whist maintaining & respecting the geometry of the existing building. Several small, comfortable, public & private seatings have been used to enhance conversation & aid in the healing abilities, lending itself to the patients mental & physical health. Reflectivity, light direction, warmth, openness, & spaciousness are used throughout to create a modern, tranquil, healing environment.
CONCEPT
PLANS
SPACES
Exam Room
The exam room utilizes earth materialities, colors, and feels to create warmth and a sense of home. Natural lighting is amplified in the space through windows and high glass openings in the walls for the adjacent light windows to enter.
Waiting Area
The waiting area portrays the characteristics of water’s reflectivity in the physiciality of the space, mirroring the ceiling & floor. As well as in the glass materialities & transpariences in space. The deep blue color, glass material on walls, & inclined ceiling embody the openness and tranquility of water. Varied seating are lent to allow engagements to the exterior (windows) & between users, fostering conversations whilst allowing for privacy in other areas.
Reception
Waiting Area