Emotion
Texture
Arrangement Working closely with our two clients, we started the design process with an envisioning session. Step one: arrange sets of three images in which they enjoyed the most to the least. Step two: place the images they enjoyed most in areas of the building that they would like to evoke the same emotion or style. The final step in the envisioning session: find similarities in the two clients choices and learn more about who our clients are and how they run their businesses.
Beneath the Canopy
Savidge Photography and Flower Bar Designs are two companies with very opposite work processes but have many of the same clients in common. Both owners create stories for their clients through photography and floral arrangements. We wanted to create a concept story of the blending of two companies under one roof. With their combined passion for nature, health, wellness, and happiness, we created a concept of being Beneath the Canopy. Our research on nature and its benefits to human productivity and creativity lead us to the conclusion of blending nature in the work place. In our workplace design we create a story of communion with nature as our clients walk beneath a weaving canopy and experience the touch, smell, and sight of nature. Scope of Work
Not in Scope
Scope of Work
Employee + Client Parking
Addition
Carved from Building
Tempe Circuit Building 615 South River Drive, Tempe, AZ
Main Entrance
Employee Entrance
90,000 sf. / 100,000 sf. Warehouse
Theater Entrance Client Parking
Deliveries
Creative Office
Wo r k . C o l l a b o r a t e . R e l a x
N Rendered Floor Plan + Reflected Ceiling Plan
Shared Mezzanine 2
Shared Mezzanine 2
Savidge Mezzanine 1
Savidge Mezzanine 1
Flower Bar Mezzanine 3
Flower Bar Mezzanine 3
A central path is created using custom designed planter benches and tables that sit beneath open sky lights and then hide intimately under the mezzanines. The perforated bridge between the mezzanines cast a canopy effect from the natural light above. The wood canopy ceiling grows down the stair wells and acts as way-finding.
As you look down from the heights of the mezzanines we created a 3-D roofing system on the offices that reflect the angles and texture found in nature and the client visioning session. The colors represent trees changing colors during the seasons and distinguishes the clients separate work areas.
The North facade consists of three additions that mimic the placement and size of the three interior mezzanines. The wood canopy concept starts above the mezzanines and extend out of the building and grows down the front of the additions. Exterior stairs allow the clients to climb up into their own tree house and become closer with nature.
The central addition with a double height ceiling is designated for the main entrance to welcome clients of both Flower Bar and Savidge Photography. It showcases the wood canopy ceiling that leads you into the building. The custom front desk wall is inspired by the office roof design and behind it is a full coffee bar for clients.
The West exterior space can be open to the interior retail and gallery to create a large venue area for public events. The shooting studio reflects the North facade with the same wrapped wood canopy concept. the green wall, garden, and skylights begin here and grow into the space making a connection between interior and exterior.
The path of custom planters wonder through the three mezzanines and ends at a cafe and break room. A green wall is placed on the East wall under a skylight very similar to the green wall in the West entrance. The garden cafe allows employees a break from work to connect with nature and increase productivity and creativity.
Beneath the mezzanine we created a hideaway library for employees to enjoy and expand their knowledge. The custom shelves are inspired by the shapes in a leaf and the suspended seats are a comfortable cocoon. The first floor walls of the mezzanine act as a gallery for clients to view work of Flower Bar and Savidge Photography.
The open work areas consist of custom workstations with durable butcher block surfaces, frosted glass privacy screens, and dry erase marker boards. Booth seating rooms allow for brainstorming, collaboration, and creativity. The diagonal suspended lighting provides more light and mimics the canopy effect of the wood ceiling concept.
INT 464: Fall 2015 Interior Design Studio V
Students: Caitlin Blackhurst, Jessica Blake, Brianna McIntire, Chenyu Niu Instructors: Davis, Rosso