Bespoke arcade machine for Maxila Dental
Bespoke commission
Health and wellbeing
Games, toys and leisure products
Digital modelling and visualisation, Prototyping and testing, Technical production preparation, Cutting and fretwork, Assembly
The project
Maxila Dental wanted to rethink its waiting room with an arcade machine to entertain patients before their appointments. Archicercle undertook the design, development, prototyping, manufacture and installation of a piece created specifically for the clinic.
The Mediterranean, its waves and the sea provided the starting point for the design. Several shades of blue, combined with white and overlapping organic curves, translate that reference into the machine’s form while echoing the clinic’s colours.
Development progressed from sketches to a digital model and small prototypes. Assembly trials and adjustments to joint tolerances were part of the structural design work: beyond defining the form, the team had to resolve how the pieces would fit together.
Manufacture combined laser cutting and CNC cutting, followed by assembly and manual adjustments. The challenge was to bring all these development and production stages together for a single unit, rather than spread that work across a production run.
The finished arcade machine integrates a screen and controls within a white and blue enclosure with wave-like forms. Installed in the waiting room, it provides an entertainment option with a visual language connected to the space for which it was created.
Overlapping curves and different shades of blue make the reference to the sea part of the piece’s form.
Small prototypes and assembly trials allowed the joints to be developed before completing the one-off unit.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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