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HEALTHCARE

Kamijou Senior Health Care Facility

Location
Kamijou Hospital, Nakayama, Matsumoto, Japan
Client
Kamijou Hospital
Area
4,205 SM (41,630 SF)
Designer
Roya Taheri, PhD
Firm
Chikuma Kobo Architecture

4,205 SM(41,630 SF)

The facility consists of 2 main wings of 100 beds, a senile dementia wing of 30 beds, and a 30 day-care capacity section.

Attached to the building is a dormitory for nurses on the second floor, and a hospice care division on the first floor.

Designed by Roya Taheri, PhD while at Chikuma Kobo Architecture firm, this was part of the Rose Garden health care complex in a scenic area, adapted to the local climate, addressed issues such as an earthquake line passing through thesite, difficult topography and Indoor Environment Quality issues such as odor, in a sustainable way.