Architectural Designer / Critic
Chicago veterinary Emergency and Specilaty Clinic, Chicago, IL (2013)
2740 W. Logan Blvd, #8 Chicago, IL 60647
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C: 305-343-6285
E: andrew_santa_lucia@me.com
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Smallness: Closeted office space built (2013) -
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Andrew Santa Lucia
Surgery Office - Room 245 and 231 - Floor Plans 1’
3’
6’
Designed/Built by And or us SECOND OFFICE: View towards Floating Shelves
This is the first phase of CVESC’s interior office redesign. The client asked for us to redevelop a very tight closet space and make into an office. The other series of floating shelves were done for a different office adjacent to our closet. Phase II includes a larger space to accommodate for more doctors. As a small project, a theory of SMALLNESS is necessary to adapt to size. Size is relative and standard dimensions in tight spaces usually create more issues than solutions. In Phase I of CVESC’s office design, we set out to create an attitude to be able to deal with shrinking of space we were faced with. This meant literally using every part of the room to our advantage. We hugged the small aperture afforded to us by the window and used it as a fulcrum to attach the shelves and floating desk. We used Baltic Birch plywood and paid close attention to the material expression and detail of the project precisely because of its scale.
CLOSET OFFICE: View towards desk and shelves
The second office space only called for floating shelves. These were longer, but the same material. We decided to recess them back 10” for every level, rising up 14”, 12” and 10” for the last shelf. This opened the room up to great view afforded by the window. In the end, this was our first real project and it was basically a closet and some change. Our desire was architects was to elevate it to something more that could carry the person’s lifestyle very easily and adapt to changes in it. CLOSET OFFICE: View from Entrance
CLOSET OFFICE: Table and File Cabinet Details
SECOND OFFICE: Detail View towards Floating Shelves