Ayeneh Office creates angled walls and minimal interior for Iranian dental clinic
The white and grey walls of this dental clinic in Iran are shaped and angled to maximise the amount of light allowed into the interior.
The Dental Clinic is located in the Iranian city of Arad, and occupies the fourth floor of a five-storey building. Prior to renovation, the space included a hall and three rooms, which were "juxtaposed without any concept" according to the architects.
Ayeneh Office began its renovation by demolishing all the interior walls and ceilings. Only the columns and facades were preserved.
In order to fulfil a precise brief set by the five dentists, the architects set up the spaces so that the main treatment rooms ? which required more light ? were positioned around the edges of the building, while the service area was placed in its centre.
A path was created in order to prevent dentists from having to pass through the patient's waiting area when entering the examination room.
To further maximise the amount of natural light in the treatment rooms, white-painted walls were angled to reflect the sunlight around the building.
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"Through setting the angles, we invited the outdoor light to the interior spaces," said the architects.
"We extended this fractured geometry to harmonise with other spaces in the plan," they added. "Using these fractures and angles, we made a barrier against ...
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