Japanese Mental Clinic Plays Mind Tricks on Visitors
Sliding bookcases and doors hidden behind wall panels are concepts normally associated with eccentric geniuses living in expansive mansions. Thus, it is all the more surprising that MD.net Clinic Akasaka, a mental clinic in Japan, has incorporated such features into their brand new facility.
Designed by a group called Nendo, the clinic showcases architectural designs and interior décor that seem to guarantee a mind-bending experience.
Thus, none of the actual doors of the facility can be opened. Instead, small sections of the walls have been tweaked to act as doors.
In this way, both patients and staff members can pull open these bits, complete with mounted wall decoration and accessories, to access the clinic’s rooms.
Strangely enough, there is one single door in the entire facility that can be used in the usual way.
This is the one located at the end of the corridor and leads to a view of the outer surrounds.
As for the consultation rooms, these can be accessed by pushing aside the bookcases located around the clinic.
While the choice of design might seem bizarre at first glance, the designers had their own reasons for this strange choice.
They believed that such alterations would encourage a paradigm-shift for visitors and staff alike, enabling them to be more open-minded.
By shinigami on 05-03-2010
Comment by Jackie Vendetti
March 5th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
wowsers. just when your world is topsy-turvy, they bring you here. i think it would push me over the edge. but i'd love to see it!
Comment by ChimChim
March 6th, 2010 at 8:31 am
that would suck major monkey balls if you really really REALLY have to go.
Comment by Kell
March 7th, 2010 at 12:00 am
Sounds messed up. Patients are coming to establish or re-establish a sense of reality, and you pull a mindf**k on them. And then you emphasise the weirdness to friends and family, many of whom struggle to understand mental illness, and you have a recipe for long-term stays with no visits.
Comment by Bob
March 6th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Maybe they are trying maintain their business. If you cure the patients, they’ll stop going to mental clinics. But if you keep them crazy, they will need mental clinics.
Comment by Jess Jones
March 6th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
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Comment by ChimChim
March 7th, 2010 at 4:45 am
man thats like saying lets put sugar into toothpaste
Comment by dave
March 7th, 2010 at 5:15 am
What a wonderful idea! This is fantastic!
Comment by Ben
March 7th, 2010 at 5:55 am
And that place is ok with H&S! imagine the panic when a fire starts and none of the doors work!