Shibuya Eye Care Clinic — the light source itself as the motif

Introduction

Turning a hard-to-see site to advantage with light

In a glass building, reflections of sunlight make the inside hard to see. The design turned this around and made the light source itself the motif.

Showing the light sources is meant to tell the street that the clinic is here.

01 · From outside

Light through glass

The clinic is fully glazed and faces Aoyama-dori.

02 · Light-guide panels

The shape of light becomes the design

Light-guide panels — clear acrylic panels in which light appears, as used for lit signs — make a space where the shape of light itself is the design.

03 · Mirrors

Walls that reflect the scenery outside

The inner walls are mirrored and reflect the scenery outside.

At night the room is reflected in the outer glass, and with the mirrored walls the light objects multiply like a kaleidoscope.