Clutch : physical therapy
All work done in-house under licensed supervision at Lyon-Szot Architecture DPC
Project Location: Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York.
Project Scope: Commercial renovation of a physical therapy space including treatment rooms, amenities, locker rooms, and an exercise floor.
Individual Responsibility: Intermediate Designer leading one junior designer with planning and material concepts from Schematic Design through the end of Pricing.
Design Challenges:
The Client had a set of requirements of both equipment and program size that required careful planning in a limited amount of space.
The Client wanted the programs of “physical therapy space” and “gym space” to be interwoven in the space and clear from the moment you entered from the elevator.
Design Solutions:
The plan was designed to “open up” from the elevator straight to the gym space to clarify circulation and provide light throughout the different program spaces.
Each programmatic block was separated in a “figure-ground” strategy in plan to allow free circulation around each.
All the programmatic “figures” were kept separate from the existing roof in section to allow light and air to spread freely, as well as simple coordination of the hung mechanical systems.
