health without boundaries clinic 100-106 BOUNDARY STREET, WEST END
My final project was an exercise in modesty, practising from the position that everything worthy of an ideal design already existed in the surroundings; leafy trees, hidden laneways, and streetside benches, and instead accentuating their relationship to the site. Preserving and duplicating the original facade of the corner store, a delicate balancing between a building edge that accommodated people from all walks of life with the passive surveillance of the ‘sidewalk ballet’ played out. In true West End fashion, the clinic redefines contemporary medical facilities with completely naturally lit and cross-ventilated domesticated treatment spaces, culminating in a moment when patients cross between the conditioned old and outdoor new to experience a winter sunset amidst a microcosm of native flora and fauna.
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