I hate going to the dentist. But if I lived in Berlin, I would gladly go to The Urban Dentist. Instead of your regular squeaky-clean doctor’s office, this looks like a cool club or a cocktail bar.
No wonder: The Urban Dentist space was designed by architectural firm Studio Karhard, which designed the Berghain in Berlin, the world’s most famous nightclub. It’s a sleek place that, according to its creators, invites patients to be “relaxed and fearless.” “We avoided typical materials like glossy white surfaces and used colorful materials and dark colors to create a warm and friendly atmosphere,” Studio Karhard’s cofounder Alexandra Erhard told me over email.
When the clients–dentists Mohammed Alef , Sang-ji Kim, and Venelina Dimitrov–approached Studio Karhard with the proposal to design a new 3,875-square-foot space, Erhard and her partner Thomas Karsten came up with a concept that included some features the studio normally employs in club design: mirrors, ambient lighting, rough materials. The office also has programmable lighting–evident through backlit glass elements–that constantly changes the look and feel of the atmosphere, and is meant to have a calming effect.
It’s so cool, I want to party there. I mean, add the muzak and some clinical-level drugs and it won’t feel that much different from the actual Berghain. Plus, this time they will actually let you in.
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