Project Description
Priorities
• Design a modern office within a medical office development
• Create a calm and peaceful place for students with learning disabilities
Solutions
A company that provides group and individual therapy for dyslexic students asked Alterstudio Architects
to build out this 2,200-square foot commercial space. They charged the
designers to create a soothing environment that would help students
focus and concentrate. The architects’ successful fulfillment of this
request starts in the lobby, where colorful wallpaper contrasts with a
white backdrop. A distressed oak wall creates a warm backdrop for the
company logo.
The existing building had few windows so the
architects had to make the most of those, but it did have high
clerestory windows that they optimized.The architects used a large light
well in the center of the ceiling to flood the offices with natural
light. Large glass interior windows and doors allow that light to move
through the space.
Judges’ Comments
The judges noted
that this was one of the strong commercial entries they reviewed in this
year’s design awards. They praised the simple, artistic palette, which
was created with a modest budget. “This project used a few materials in a
compositionally edited way,” said one judge, noting that many other
entries did not have the same restrained design. Another said the
project didn’t “have a single false note through presentation to
execution.”
Products
Countertops: Nevamar, Pionite
Flooring: Armstrong, VCT tile
Hardware: Sargent
Lighting: Cooper Industries, Halo; Peerless; YLighting; Lithonia
Paints/stains: Sherwin Williams