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Furukawa, Japan
Atelier Hitoshi Abe
Photography © Daici Ano
A clinic custom-designed to respond
to the needs of women
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A
great example of a compelling and interesting
business story that plants the seeds for the architectural
solution."
—Sheila Kennedy, AIA
Architect
Atelier Hitoshi Abe
Client
Sekii Ladies Clinic
Key
players
TIS & Partners (structural); Sogo Consultants
(mechanical); Masahide Kakudate Lighting Environment
(lighting); Takaya Construction (general contractor)
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more
Building
Types Study July 2002
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Program:
A husband and wife obstetrician team who had just had a baby
decided to set up a private women's clinic with their parents,
who are gynecologists in a city hospital in Japan. They developed
a new concept of clinic that would provide a variety of services,
including privacy, security, good food, and physical and psychological
health benefits. It would also include a residence, so the
doctors would always be "in."
Solution: The
elegantly conceived, two-story facility opened its doors to
a responsive public. Its program includes delivery and labor
areas, a multipurpose room and lounge, the doctors' residence,
and medical treatment areas. The light, Modern structure features
a cantilevered second floor with an almost completely glazed
first-floor volume. Proclaimed a great success when it opened,
the number of outpatients has doubled, and among a total of
eight clinics in Furukama, this is the one where almost a
quarter of the infants in the area are born.
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