Commercial I project

In commercial 1 class this semester our project was to design a space for the American Heart Association and the Go Red clinic. The American heart association was located in Dallas, Texas and the client wanted to have a direct adjancy with the first Go Red Clinic in the US. Both buildings had to have ADA regulations throughout. The building has wall to floor windows that allows lots of  natural lighting to enter the buildings.
A few facts I researched when working on the project was how lighting impacted work habits, and how having onsite heart healty areas (such as gyms) proven to increase heath awarness.

A few facts

• Sunlight by way of large windows have shown to stimulate and influence job satisfaction
• Fitness programs have reduced employer healthcare costs by 22 to 55 percent. 
• Employees with access to facilities and equipment at work were 1.7 to 2.0 times more likely to meet physical activity recommendations through walking. 

Here is a image of my furnished floor plan. The one on the left is the Go Red Clinic and the American Heart Association is on the right. We were working with an exsisting adjacency. With all the windows in the building I placed the reseption area and the restrooms in the center of the building to give the views to the other offices etc. We also spaced planned both buildings.

This is a sketch up drawing of what my American Heart Association would look like. We used sketch up and then rendered the image through podium. On the walls of the reseption area is reclaimed wood that was took and pressed together and cut into panels which was cool and sustainable. I decided to add a dark red to the walls and columns to go with the Heart Association.

 Image of one of my exam rooms located in the Go Red Clinic.

Skill learned while working on the commerial project this semester consisted of:

• Using sketch up
• rendering in podium
• Space planning for commercial spaces
• ADA accessability
• Powerpoint
• Facts about evidence based design
• How to design heathcare facilities
• CAD
• How to create commercial material boards
• Photoshop