Following the completion of the Pediatrics dental clinic project, byfiveten was commissioned to relocate an Orthodontics clinic to an adjacent location. Similarly, this project had constraints that required design solutions to seamlessly incorporate many elements from the previous location. The exercise was quite literally a three-dimensional puzzle, where moving one element had repercussions on another.

The design proposed was a shift away from the often bleak and cold clinical setting, and instead it provides moments of warmth through the use of natural materials such as wood, as well as greenery and pops of color.

Movable partitions were introduced that oscillate between functional and decorative parts of the cabinetry, exposing and activating one while concealing the other in order to offer a cleaner and less cluttered, yet very efficient workspaces.

• Location: Beirut, Lebanon
• Program: Orthodontic Dental Clinic
• Year: 2021
• Category: Architecture
• Team: Dana Muhsen, Omar Bacho