On Golf Course Road, Gurgaon, Preamble Design’s Rarity Dental redefines the clinic experience with curves, textures, and wellness-inspired interiors.
Curated by: Rupali Sebastian
Photographs: Wabi Sabi Studios
The project
Rarity Dental is a 2,600 sq ft boutique dental clinic that replaces sterile functionality with a hospitality-inspired atmosphere. Designed to feel more like a wellness lounge than a medical facility, the interiors emphasise calm, sophistication, and emotional comfort.
The site
Located on Golf Course Road, Gurgaon, the site lies within a fast-developing urban corridor of upscale residences, commercial hubs, and healthcare facilities. The unit was received as a bare-shell commercial space: an uninterrupted floor plate with raw concrete columns, unfinished walls, and exposed service shafts, offering a blank canvas to reimagine the patient journey.
The brief
The clients sought a premium healthcare destination that would challenge the clinical norm. Functionally, the space needed multiple treatment and consultation rooms, sterilisation areas, and staff zones. Aesthetically, it had to move away from stark white walls towards an environment that inspires calm and confidence, aligning the practice with boutique hospitality and contemporary minimalism.
The design intent
The design humanises clinical care by trading sterility for organic softness. Inspired by plaster textures, natural finishes, and tonal restraint, the interiors adopt a palette of taupe, beige, and warm greys. “Our aim was to craft a space where wellness is felt before it is delivered — where design itself becomes part of the treatment,” explains principal designer Rubleen Sandhu.
The civil intervention
Partition walls were introduced to zone the clinic into reception, consultation, treatment, sterilisation, and support areas. Ceilings were modified to conceal services while maintaining clear heights. Curved walls softened transitions, while acoustic insulation ensured privacy and calm in treatment zones.
The spatial configuration
The sequence begins with an arched reception portal leading into a warm lounge styled like a boutique hotel lobby, instantly resetting expectations of what a dental visit can feel like. From here, semi-private consultation rooms branch off, followed by treatment rooms placed deeper into the plan for discretion and quiet. Sterilisation and support areas sit strategically at the back, with pantry and staff zones tucked away for direct service access. This flow enables patients to move seamlessly from a welcoming, hospitality-inspired lounge to private care, while staff circulation remains efficient yet invisible.
The material palette
Walls are finished in lime-based plaster (Asian Paints Marmorino), complemented by large-format stone tiles in matte grey. The reception desk, crafted in fluted oak with a stone counter, anchors the arrival experience. Custom furniture in neutral linen blends sits alongside pieces from Salt & Grey, while accessories and vases bring handcrafted warmth. Consultation rooms feature oak veneer desks with leather inlay, ergonomic seating, and minimalist art. Treatment rooms use high-performance flooring, ivory-toned plaster, and custom-upholstered dental chairs in tan leatherette. Sterilisation zones adopt clinical-grade laminates and stainless steel for hygiene, while the pantry and staff areas are defined by compact oak furniture and laminate finishes. Concealed LED coves and sculptural pendants tie the spaces together with soft illumination.
The challenges
The main challenge lay in balancing medical functionality with hospitality-inspired aesthetics, ensuring that all clinical needs — sterility, acoustics, and privacy — were seamlessly integrated without compromising the calm, design-led vision.
The highlights
The sculptural reception desk and curved walls redefine the clinic’s identity, while editorial-style lounge seating sets a new tone for patient waiting areas. Custom-designed furniture across spaces and the monochromatic palette of taupe and beige deliver consistency, depth, and tactility.
The takeaway
For Preamble Design, the project reinforced the idea that healthcare interiors can transcend function. “It showed us that even the most clinical of programmes can embrace beauty and care — and that design can directly transform how people feel in a space,” reflects Sandhu.
Fact file
Project: Rarity Dental
Location: Gurgaon
Area: 2,600 sq ft
Principal designer: Rubleen Sandhu
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