The new white treatment rooms contrast with the khaki-green public areas within the Dentala Dentista in Amsterdam, designed by local studio i29.
As the clinic is the first at Dentista, i29 was tasked with creating an internal chart and visual identity that could be easily deployed at future sites.
“Our design strategy was to combine a clean, fresh medical environment with a healthy experience,” the studio explained.
“The natural wood, abundant greenery and open design make visitors feel comfortable.”
Upon entering the clinic with its timber-clad facade, patients find themselves in a waiting area with a few chairs and a long wooden chest bench.
While the majority of the rooms are painted white, the area around the help desk is completely finished in khaki green, from the furniture to the ceiling, walls, and floors.
A strip of flooring running alongside the clinic’s front windows is painted green and decorated with tall, leafy plants in khaki pots that help shade the interior from passersby.
A white corridor leads to the back of the clinic, where eight treatment rooms surround a planted open-air plaza.
Each room is enclosed in wood-framed glass panels with semi-opaque lines that help maintain patient privacy while letting in light.
Aside from the khaki and green accent wall, the treatment areas are painted all white, which the i29 says “intuitively indicates medical professionalism.”
The color reappears in the staff lounge area in the form of a khaki green kitchenette and a long cushioned bench that hangs against a matching wall.
In the evening, when less natural light streams from the courtyard, the entire clinic is lit by a series of ring-shaped pendant lights.
i29 is based in the Dutch municipality of Ouder-Amstel and is led by Jeroen Dellensen and Jaspar Jansen.
The studio has completed a few other projects in Amsterdam this year, including a corner house perched on a canal and a collector’s apartment.
Photography is by Thomas Van Shayk.
Project credits:
Client: Amsterdam dentist
Design: i29
contractor: UMB . group
Indoor builder: Cornelius Interiors
Tools: Henry Shen
light: Delta Light
glass walls: Plan effect
flooring: Dorakerl
the plants: Hydrozorg
furniture: Lensvelt