Designed to Thrive.

Background

Great design is inspired by vision. We design buildings and spaces that allow people to thrive – physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Our unique service journey is rooted in effective delivery strategies and informed by principles of health and wellness. We believe that healthy spaces lead to healthy people, and healthy people lead to a healthy world.

Desmone is organized into 7 design studios. We aim to complete projects by adopting principles found in the “agile” methodology. This methodology allows us to scale our human resources as project demands increase while maintaining a relationship with the team the client starts the project with.

The Visioning process discovers who you are, regardless of project size. In various forms of data collection, we uncover your unique motivations for the project and empower all participants to communicate their emotional, financial and spatial goals. Together, we create a strategy which serves as the foundation for all phases of the design process, promotes quick decision making, and has a profound effect on the ultimate form of the project.

DESIGN

We bring the best versions of your vision to life through 3D modeling, computer rendering, and augmented and virtual reality tools. As you select your favorite designs, we integrate all necessary infrastructure and building codes to make your project safe, pleasing and high performing.

By leveraging the data points that established your vision, we collaborate with you to form a plan around meeting your optimal schedule, budget, and design styles. We explore multiple design strategies to ensure you have a plan which best meets your project goals and gives form to your vision.

It’s time to bring your vision to life. We work closely with builders, construction managers, and vendors to ensure your project meets your intended design goals, performance attributes, budget and schedule. The construction of a building can be complex and may bring unexpected challenges and opportunities. We provide support in bridging the gap between design and construction to make sure your design and vision is being built correctly.

THRIVE

Building performance and wellness are core to our entire design process. It is not only important that your building is performing correctly once it is turned over, but that it continues doing so over time. To promote optimal health for the occupants of your space and energy use for your building, we provide WELL, LEED and other sustainability services; quality assurance and performance monitoring of systems; and one-year warranty walkthroughs to make sure your space is doing what we intended it to.

DESIGNED TO THRIVE: HEALTH & WELLNESS SPOTLIGHT

TWO DOUGHBOY SQUARE - OUR OFFICES

Desmone Architects designed Two Doughboy Square to be the first WELL Certified Gold private office in the Western PA region. We can leverage our experience to incorporate wellness features into all projects we take on. For reference of how we achieved this, the diagram below outlines the principles incorporated into our own space.

WELL BUILDING STANDARDS

A. WATER

• Filtration and treatment

• Water quality testing

• Hydration promotion

C. NOURISHMENT

• Hand washing

• Dietary accomodations

• Mindful eating spaces

E. MIND

• Adaptable spaces

• Celebration of culture

• Policies for peace of mind

G. AIR

• Ventilation and filtration

• Air quality testing

• Detailed cleaning plan

B. LIGHT

• Rhythmic Circadian design

• Glare control

• Views to exterior

D. COMFORT

• Accessible design

• Acoustic solutions

• Thermal zoning

F. FITNESS

• Prominent stairways

• Activity promotion

• Bicycle accommodations

“Desmone’s WELL Certified Gold office provides innovative workspaces across more than 15,000 square feet. The space focuses on biophilic design, circadian lighting solutions, cleanliness and hand washing protocols, as well as holistic health and mental wellness strategies. As a local resident myself, it’s awesome to see the space highly regarded throughout the community.”

— Shalini Ramesh, WELL Building Institute