MUN Clinic

Interior design and renovation in Zaragoza

The story of this project begins when Laura, a dentist specialized in children’s treatment, contacts Cronotopos to develop the design of her new clinic. A clinic with different conditions to treat the small patient and make him/her enjoy the space.

In this case, Laura arrives with a clear brand image, MUN, with concepts and ideas of Nordic inspiration, confronted with a more conventional idea of distribution.

Client: MUN Clinic, Laura
Surface area: 132 m2
Status: Completed
Timeline: 2021
Location: Zaragoza

The main concept of the proposal is based on a central distribution of services that makes use of the perimeter spaces. Thus, in the central part, and materializing in the form of an amoeba, the toilets, X-ray room, office and sterilization room are distributed. In this way, we free up the perimeter for the boxes, office and waiting room. This initiative, risky for a clinic use, allows patients to be in direct contact with the outdoor space, while normalizing and domesticating the clinic concept by bringing it closer to the passerby.
The manipulation spaces are not hidden, but open to the street.

This translates into the façade concept, based on a concept of transparency. Maximum use is made of the openings to the outside, giving the clinic a greater presence and a communication between inside and outside that is not usual in a dental clinic, but which makes visible the work that takes place inside.

To maintain the patient’s privacy, a system of blinds that can be manipulated in both directions is designed, allowing the patient to be hidden but still have the sensation of seeing the outside space, the sky, the leaves of the trees. To look up.

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The central amoeba, in addition to functioning as a distribution space in terms of uses and facilities, also becomes a space for interaction. From it, different elements are deployed that enrich the space and welcome the patient, generating spaces where you can sit, where you can climb, where you can see. A cylinder that enhances the height of the premises, which is part of a play area, stands out.
This cylinder is connected to the amoeba through an intermediate slab, which “shelters” the patients during their waiting, changing the scale of the space, and through an upper slab, which frames it, both paneled in wood.

Its organic shape is in keeping with the inner world of a child, with the intention of encouraging movement. By means of curves and escaped lines, dynamic spaces are generated where to run, go up, go down, and live the space.

Wood appears as the main material of the premises, providing warmth, along with white walls and neutral colors that enhance the cleanliness of a clinic.

In the boxes, this concept of cleanliness is maintained in all work surfaces, with the differential point appearing in the ceilings. Patient-friendly surfaces, which adopt different shapes through slats, adapting to the interests of each user of each box: adults, children or babies.

The first, with straight-lined and more sober slats, is intended for adults. The second, where the slats adopt curved shapes that blend with planets and a starry sky, creates a stage for children. The third is shown with cloud-shaped slats, friendlier for a baby.

It is worth mentioning the generation of different paths in the workflows. On the one hand, the patient pathway, with access from the distribution fluid space. On the other hand, the workers’ route, which is duplicated with an internal communication of the boxes, parallel to the façade line.

Architecture and furniture have been sought in a perfect balance. The service and machinery spaces are hidden behind integrated and concealed doors through a wooden paneling that wraps around the central amoeba generating a continuous skin. The furniture and architecture adapt to the different scales of adults and children, generating a phenomenological space that is experienced in three dimensions.