丨日本长崎丨Design Associates Nakamura

Architects:Design Associates Nakamura

Area:149m²

Year:2025

Photographs:Masaki Hamada

Lead Architects:So Nakamura

Category:Clinic

City:Nagasaki

Country:Japan

Text description provided by the architects. We designed a clinic that resembles a house, featuring a series of small gabled roofs scaled to children's proportions. Since both children and their parents visit the clinic, we wanted to create a space considerate of both.

Our goal was to design a clinic that feels like a home, where children can relax, and a welcoming place, like a café, where parents feel comfortable enough to linger.

The clinic is designed to ease children's fears while allowing parents to relax, becoming a place cherished by the local community.

It is surrounded by trees and offers an open feel, rather than the conventional cold impression of a clinic. We designed the clinic to use plenty of wood and create a space where children can feel safe during their examinations.

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