Wellbeing Playscape is a modern pediatric clinic located in Hong Kong, designed in 2020 by Bean Buro.

Description
?We created an unusually warm and playful atmosphere for this specialist clinic; young patients would interact with the floor trail and climbing platforms, which in turn helps the doctor better observe the patients? natural body movements as part of the consultation process.?

? Lorène Faure, co-founder of Bean Buro

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?This is a special clinic where the doctor can also carry out his passion for painting and display his pieces on a gallery wall. The key feature is a long timber wall that serves as a ?spine? that organises the functional spaces along with it.?

– Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui, co-founder of Bean Buro The Brief: A welcoming space to relax patients
Bean Buro was appointed to design a private clinic specialised in paediatric orthopaedics and scoliosis in Hong Kong. The specialist doctor and owner wanted an atypical clinic that feels welcoming to children and parents, as well as encourage the patients to interact with the environment which would enable the doctor to observe the natural body movementss. ?
The Narrative: Spatial organisation along a ?spine?
Inspired by the medical disciplines of orthopaedics scoliosis, the space would be ordered by the idea of a ?spine? that runs across the floor space, organising the functional spaces along with it, such as the consultation rooms and customer waiting areas.
The narrative would also respo...