DENTOLOGIE

Located in the trendy neighborhood of Wicker Park, this is the second office of a thriving entrepeneurial Dental Business. The design integrates a contemporary soothing environment with the hip eclecticism of the local neighborhood to make patients feel excited to take care of their dental health. The clever design allows the office to fit in 7 treatment rooms in a limited 2,000 square feet open plan concept while allowing for visual privacy between treatment rooms. Angled rooms and detailing in the reception area tie the space together with warm and contrasting finishes; the intriguing space draws in the attention of urbanites from the bustling neighborhood.

PSYCHEDELIC SUBURBS

Why pink? Why not pink? A critique on standard design templates prevalent in suburban plan developments, this development subverts those typical design standards - feeding into a psychology of “fitting in” with your neighbors while still allowing the individual to feel as if their home is personalized.

Choose your house style and approved colors; personalize your home, but fit in with your community. Uniqueness is a facade while typology and function are cookie cutter. With subtle nods to curvilinear streets of the suburban sprawl, the “design standard” of the system subverts expectations - the veil of sameness now juxtaposed with the uniqueness of form and typology.

RIVERWALK FAMILY DENTAL

This new dental office is situated on a high-profile corner lot of a downtown Illinois Suburb. With size limitations due to available footprint and fire safety, the 4,300-square foot building maximizes program efficiency by doubling the operational programming within a footprint only slightly larger than the previous space. An atrial void in the second floor is strategically implemented to comply to occupiable space limitations while creating a double height space at the front entry that gives it a grand, spacious quality. This strategy also allows for proportion to be maintained in the exterior massing and the scale to fit in with the neighboring context. The scale of the atrium is dramatized by a south-facing double height bay window, soothing its inhabitants with a cascade of natural light. The main staircase in the void is layered with an elongated slat wall to create a sculptural silhouette as the centerpiece. The transparency levels created maintains visual privacy as doctors and employees circulate. The detail, pattern, and materials of the interior elements are tied together with a neutral color palette to cohesively merge the contemporary and traditional aesthetic desires of two doctors, creating a calming experience for an environment most associate as cold and sterile.

ADVANCED GROUP

Understanding that Advanced Group was a collection of individual staffing companies focused on different market sectors operating under one umbrella, the design team looked to fractal geometry as a source of inspiration. The whole and its parts became the focus when looking at the way the company functioned and how the design could support it. Each individual staffing group– Wunderland, Advanced Resources, Advanced RPO had their own color perspective on the Advanced Group logo that was reminiscent of light bending though a prism.

NICHOLAS ASSOCIATES

The Nicholas & Associates HQ was a complete gut rehab of an existing office belonging to the successful construction company. The overarching design elevates raw materials and industrial elements that speak to their roots in construction, refined and yet approachable.

ADVANCED CLINICAL

To find balance between the company's desire for openness and the healthcare industry's stringent privacy demands, an intricate plexiglass feature wall, adorned with the company's branding, that makes such an eye-catching first impression in the reception area and doubles as a privacy barrier between reception and the rest of the office.