Ash-wood surfaces, translucent glass screens and brass feature inside this serene clinic in Valencia, which Francesc Rifé Studio has designed in reference to Asian meditation rooms.
The facial and dental clinic, named Swiss Concept, has been designed by Barcelona-based Francesc Rifé Studio to feature colours and materials that are typically applied throughout meditation spaces in Asian countries like Japan.

"Mainly inspired by eastern aesthetics and meditation, this clinic was conceived following notions of lightness and calm ? a deep approach which has been achieved through very simple means," said Francesc Rifé, the studio's eponymous founder.
"This project demonstrates our ongoing focus on achieving the most with the least."
Clients arriving at the clinic are greeted at a softly lit, ash-panelled reception desk that's backed by a wall painted sage green.
Adjacently runs a white walkway lined with panels of backlit frosted glass. The glowing glass-panels conceal the treatment rooms that sit at the core of the clinic, blurring the figures of doctors and patients behind.

Each treatment area has two doors ? one at the front of the room and another at the rear. This design facilitates a circular route around the clinic's floor plan, creating a continuous flow of doctors and patients.

The waiting area has been integrated into the clinic's rear corridor, where a series of timber-framed windows are covered with translucent screens to soften daylight st...