209 Elmwood Avenue
Location| Providence, RI
Type| alterations, renovations
Area| 4,536 sf
Association| SPM Design
Status| 90% complete
Design and drawings are recently complete for the Elmwood Adult Day Care on Elmwood Avenue in Providence. The Owner, who currently owns the building next door, is looking to expand his business by connecting the two buildings and providing extended care services to the area.
The existing building was once use as a Divers Retail Store complete with indoor pool and oxygen apparatus. While maintaining the exterior shell of the building the design involves providing amble space for 100 occupants with necessary amenities and accessibility. The exterior of the building will be cleaned and have its windows replaced with aluminum frames and low-E glazing. A new roof will replace the existing 50 year old roof system and provide extension thermal insulation. The exterior 8″ concrete masonry unit (cmu) walls will be furred out on the inside and insulated to meet current energy code requirements. Lighting for the facility is also carefully selected and designed to maximize brightness levels needed by the occupants. Three new skylights compliment the lighting design providing natural light during the day and reducing energy consumption.
The project is currently being reviewed by the State Fire Marshall’s becuase of its use group and will then proceed to local review by the Building and Fire Department, and later by the Health Deptment prior to occupancy. Demolition will begin in the next two weeks…
design models and renderings|
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09 Jul 09 11:14 PM
I really like the playful and engaging use of color. Appropriate for the users here (and not overdone). Feels good. What did you model this with?
09 Jul 09 11:26 PM
Kevin, thanks for the comment. The color scheme is perhaps the easiest and least expensive design option derived to engage the occupants and associate a sense of place. We used 4 paint colors and 4 VCT colors. The floor was conceived of mostly VCT, some raised pattern rubber tile, and carpet in one of the lounge areas. The rubber tile has been cut from the job, but the idea was to introduce a texture change to the floor to denote different zones in plan and general circulation. This project is under a very conservative budget and was priced by the GC prior to final drawings and finishes were selected, so the process of VE has been an ongoing effort.
Software, well I must say my tool bag hasn’t changed much, Autocad 2009 for documentation, SketchUp 6 for design and modeling, 3dStudio Max 9 for rendering, and recently started using Revit 9, but that’s a completely different discussion.