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Architects: Takeru Shoji Architects
- Area: 163 m²
- Year: 2018
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Photographs:Koji Fujii | Nacasa & Partners
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Lead Architects: Takeru Shoji ,Yuki Hirano,Takayuki Shimada
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Engineering: Tetsuya Tanaka Structural Engineers, Tetsuya Tanaka
Text description provided by the architects. The site is in Akiba town, Tsubame city, Niigata prefecture. We designed a clinic that is more than just a dental clinic, it is a daycare center, a bookstore and a place to enjoyably spend time, just ‘like a park’. Where a typical dental clinic is not a place to linger, this dental clinic encourages patients to come to the clinic for more than just their appointment, it gives them abundant ways of leisurely spending their time before and after their appointment. All occupants of the clinic are encouraged to spend their time ‘as they please’ enjoying the bookstore or daycare center. This gives way to a new type of dental clinic, which is ‘a place to stay’, ‘come again’ and comfortably spend time.
