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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Kyoto University Hospital / Clinical Research Center for Medical Equipment Development in Japan by emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design

June 16th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design

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. 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.

Image Courtesy © Daisuke Shima / Nacasa & Partners Inc.

Architects: emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design
Project: Kyoto University Hospital/Clinical Research Center for Medical Equipment Development
Location: Shogoin-Kawaharacho 54, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, JAPAN
Photography: Daisuke Shima / Nacasa & Partners Inc.
General Contractor: ZYCC inc. (2F) / Kansai repair inc. (3F)
Total floor area (design area): 386.883 m²(2F) / 713.678 m²(3F)
Completion: 2012. Mar. 15

Image Courtesy © Daisuke Shima / Nacasa & Partners Inc.

: Image Courtesy © Daisuke Shima / Nacasa & Partners Inc.

: Image Courtesy © Daisuke Shima / Nacasa & Partners Inc.

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Tags: Japan, Kyoto

Categories: Medical Center, Research & Development Centre

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