PROJECT INFO

Scope: Tenant Improvement

Location: City of Beverly Hills

Size: 2,200 sf

Status: Finished Construction

PROJECT description: 

Located on the third floor of an existing office shell in the main business district of Beverly Hills, this project was conceived within an existing 2,160 s.f. space that contained a congested medical office before its clearing.

The proposed concept exercised the radical notion of an open dental office that is separated only by low partitions, built-in-furniture and intensities of light and sound. Where physical separation was necessary, low-iron glass was used to create ultimate transparency. The office became a field, rather than a room with a direct visual connection to the large window, overlooking the cityscape below as soon as the entry is afforded. In turn, the peripheral enamel of the space at large, served as a buffer that also accommodated the administrative and related functions. The lighting fixtures were carefully selected from a manufacturer allowing for seamless integration with the ceiling landscape.

By working with the basic parameters of dental office design, the concealment of lighting, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, audiovisual, and emergency controls created a subdued atmosphere for the patients, where the interior wall surfaces and furniture merge seamlessly into a continuous white space, leaving only necessary medical technology and tools implanted upon this visual landscape. By merging the functional demand with the formal ambitions of continuity, space and technology fuse into a coordinated design.

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