Article source: tai_tai STUDIO

The building is located in the downtown of Tokyo.
Doctor had owned a old very typical two-story wooden apartment for students.
He remodeled this timeworn buildings into his dental clinic.
He want to structural reinforcement of the old wooden building
He want to ensure a smooth flow line for patients because the second floor is his care units.
We must designed a flow line of dental clinic without changing the wood frame for this old apartment.
We remove a part of the second floor and set a large window to for the light from the front.

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• Architects: tai_tai STUDIO
• Project: Old wooden apartment turned into the dental clinic
• Location: Katushika, Tokyo
• Team: tai_tai STUDIO/Hidekazu Wakabayashi, Akiko Wakabayashi
• Function: Dental clinic
• Structure: wood
• Year: 2006

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