{"id":10844,"date":"2025-11-24T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/?p=10844"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:31:51","slug":"standard-practice-designs-copenhagen-eye-clinic-to-double-as-a-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/standard-practice-designs-copenhagen-eye-clinic-to-double-as-a-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Practice designs Copenhagen eye clinic to double as a gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Architecture studio Standard Practice has created a gallery-informed interior for the Copenhagen Eye Institute, with details including a circular sculpture plinth and a steel-tiled<\/a> reception desk.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Copenhagen-based studio<\/a>, led by British architects Henry Gibbon and Hugh Diamond, was aiming to create the same sense of “calm and assurance” that can be found in exhibition galleries.<\/p>\n

Located in a historic 1905 building in the centre of the Danish capital, the 350-square-metre floor provides consulting rooms and surgical facilities for the specialist eye clinic.<\/p>\n

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A maple gallery wall features alongside a circular sculpture plinth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The client wanted a healthcare environment that felt trustworthy and precise but also visually composed, reflecting the seriousness of what takes place there without feeling clinical or cold,” Gibbon told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“Some patients would be recovering from surgery, so the space had to be gentle on the eye.”<\/p>\n

The studio initially looked at galleries for reference, focusing on how they use soft light and muted materials to create spaces that allow distraction-free observation of art.<\/p>\n

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A walnut-topped reception desk is clad with iridescent steel tiles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This led to the idea of making a reception space that didn’t just feel like a gallery, but could actually be used as one.<\/p>\n

“It felt like an extension of the same thinking, to make the clinic not just a place of care, but a place of reflection and artistic presence,” said Gibbon.<\/p>\n

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A sculpture by artist Nicholas Shurey provides the main focal point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Standard Practice developed a series of bespoke elements to achieve this mood and aesthetic.<\/p>\n

The most prominent is the plinth in the centre of the reception area, which is topped by a bleached maple sculpture by Copenhagen-based British artist Nicholas Shurey<\/a>.<\/p>\n