Kyoto University Hospital/clinical Research Center For Medical Equipment Development
Kyoto University Hospital/Clinical Research Center for Medical Equipment Development
Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design
YEAR
2012
LOCATION
Japan
TYPE
Government + Health › Industrial › Research Facility
Second and third floor spaces of the Clinical Research Center for Medical Equipment Development (CRCMeD) at Kyoto University Hospital.
These two floors, occupied by Canon Inc. and Kyoto University, will become the future site for projects developed in collaboration between people lending their expertise to research initiatives and a great number of supporters.
The thoughts of each of these people working in various fields will come together in this space, bringing together a convergence of knowledge and skills that will create new possibilities.
The design expresses the invisible "threads" that connect each of these different thoughts to one another, just like how threads are spun together to create a strong, supple fabric.
Specifically, ito (Japanese for "thread") is used as a motif that would bridge the second and third floors of this research center, designing a space that came together in a single, massive flow.
These threads weave through the walls and ceilings of each room while creating a certain rhythm that expands in various directions - horizontally on the second floor, and vertically on the third floor.
Just like how new possibilities emerge out of encounters between people, a spectrum of different colors appear at the junctions between threads, creating chromatic combinations that resemble landscapes: field green, sky blue, light cherry pink, snow white, dusky orange, and white horizons.
The more you gaze at them, the more these landscapes unfold and expand before your eyes, offering you a sense of reprieve. The result is atranquil and comfortable space that makes you forget the fact that you are in a medical facility.
