Brilliant Veterinary Care办公室和医院位于曼哈顿上西区的一个现有商业店面内。该项目首先建立了一个长的、连续的带状墙，蜿蜒地穿过空间。丝带墙有多种用途，通过改变形状来吸引客户进入接待区，成为容纳私人检查室的容器，丝带可以折叠在一起，也是分隔客户和医务人员的组织工具。这面墙还建立了一个区域，天花板被降低，在现有的12英尺高的底层空间内创造出更多的亲密区域。然后，新的机械装置被谨慎地安置在带状墙的柱状区域，消除了在客户使用的前厅空间暴露的管道系统的需要。这减少了整个空间的视觉噪音，有助于为客户和员工创造一个宁静的环境。
The Brilliant Veterinary Care offices and hospital are located in an existing commercial storefront on the Upper Westside of Manhattan. The project began by establishing a long, continuous ribbon-like wall that winds its way through the space. Multifunctional in purpose, the ribbon wall serves as a wayfinding device by changing shape to draw clients into the reception area, a container to house private exam rooms where the ribbon folds in on itself, and an organizational tool to separate clients and medical staff. The wall also establishes a zone where the ceiling was lowered to create more intimate areas within the 12’-0 tall existing ground floor space. New mechanical units were then discretely located in the plenum areas of the ribbon wall, eliminating the need for exposed ductwork in the client-occupied front-of-house spaces. This reduced visual noise throughout the space and helped to create a serene environment for clients and staff.
改造还需要在带状空间内设置一个中央连接楼梯，以建立通往位于地窖层的后厨空间的通道。虽然出于安全考虑，必须将楼梯完全封闭，但用磨砂玻璃包覆其体积，可以将自然光引入围墙和后面的主要员工走廊。这使主要的流通路径感到宽敞，并在员工和客户区之间提供了一个柔和的视觉连接。
The renovation also required a central connecting stair within the ribbon to create access to back-of-house spaces located at the cellar level below. While security concerns made fully enclosing the stair a necessity, cladding its volume in frosted glass allowed for natural light to be brought into the enclosure as well as the primary staff corridor behind it. This enabled the main circulations paths to feel spacious, and provide a muted visual connection between the staff and client areas.
通过选择白色和灰色调的低调材料，使空间感到平静和明亮，而纹理的变化为整个医院提供了视觉上的兴趣。现有的粗糙的混凝土甲板天花板被暴露出来，并涂成白色，与光滑的白色石膏板围墙形成对比，并在表面之间增加细微差别。地板选择了大尺寸的灰色瓷片，以满足项目的耐久性要求，并突出空间中的浅色元素。在候诊室区域使用了温暖的材料，包括定制的白橡木接待台和座椅元素，而通往医疗室的9′-0 “高的门被漆成浅蓝色，以配合Brilliant Veterinary Care品牌的颜色。医疗室的木制品用灰色哑光抗微生物、低VOC和无酚的层压板包覆。
By selecting a subdued material palette of white and grey tones, the space was made to feel calming and bright, while changes in texture provided visual interest throughout the hospital. The existing rough concrete deck ceiling was exposed and painted white to contrast the smooth white sheetrock perimeter walls and add nuance between the surfaces. Large format gray porcelain tile was chosen for the flooring to meet the durability requirements of the program and to foreground the lighter elements in the space. Warmer materials were used in the waiting room areas with a custom white oak reception desk and seating elements, while 9’-0” tall doors to the medical rooms were painted in light blue to match the Brilliant Veterinary Care branding colors. Millwork for the medical rooms was clad in gray matte anti-microbial, low VOC, and phenol-free laminate panels.
为了包裹带状墙的外表面，11/16 “宽x11/16 “深x108 “长的松木凹槽造型条被背对背堆叠起来，在平面上形成一个 “U “或凹槽形状。在垂直方向上，这些单元被排列在墙的整个长度上，并涂成白色。凹槽条的阴影线和带状墙的弧形几何形状为表面提供了节奏、深度和纹理，当人们在空间内移动时，它们会发生微妙的变化。
To wrap the outer surface of the ribbon wall, 11/16” Wide x 11/16” Deep x 108” Long strips of pine cove molding were stacked back to back creating a “U” or fluted shape in plan. Oriented in the vertical direction, the units were then arrayed along the entire length of the wall and painted white. The shadow lines of the fluted strips and curved geometry of the ribbon wall provide rhythm, depth, and texture to the surface, which subtly change as one moves about the space.
整个医院的新照明装置有助于界定客户和工作人员之间的区域，并为空间增加了另一层视觉质感。对店面的进一步修改包括新的断热门窗，以及部分隐藏在带状墙上的新机械系统。
New lighting fixtures throughout the hospital help define the zones between clients and staff and add another layer of visual texture to the space. Further modifications to the storefront included new thermally broken windows and doors, as well as a new mechanical system partially concealed in the ribbon wall.
Architects: Group Projects Architecture
Area: 348 m²
Year: 2021
Photographs: Anna Ritsch
Manufacturers: REHAU, Stone Source, LF Illumination
Construction: Euda Construction and Design LLC
Structural Engineering: Martos Engineering
Project Architect:Jonathan Man
City:New York
Country:United States