Expansion

Located in Vila Mariana, São Paulo, the townhouse had already undergone some recent transformations. In addition to the joining of two semi-detached houses to fulfill a home-studio program for a young artist, the previous renovation included structural reinforcements and improvements to the kitchen, bathrooms and laundry room. Pedro Kok Pedro Kok The studio is no longer in the house, and the new architectural project proposes a better integration of the house's internal environments, restructuring and proposing new structural reinforcements for new openings and also creating new relationships between the interior and exterior of the house, as well as allowing for better natural lighting and ventilation. Pedro Kok P... Altro

The project consisted of dismantling the roof of a three-storey building, with three apartments per floor, and replacing it with a new volume that contains the enlargement of two of the apartments on the top floor, a total of 97m2 plus 54m2 of terraces. Pablo Casares The construction was made of wood to facilitate the process and minimize weight. In fact, despite adding a floor, the total weight was reduced and thus doesn´t add load to a somewhat delicate building of the 1940ies, with a protected façade due to its historical value. It was possible to complete the works in 8 months and without moving the inhabitants of the 3rd floor. The new top floor, whose shape is a result of the lighting angles required for the lower... Altro

One of the top five largest—and busiest—emergency departments in the county and the only Level I Trauma Center in Oakland Country, Beaumont Emergency Center is a critical provider of emergency medical care for the entire state of Michigan.    Facing an influx of patients that strained space, staff and resources, Beaumont’s redesign goals were clear: accommodate the largest possible number of exam and patient observation rooms; expedite intake and improve organization; and create space both within the existing footprint, and through a substantial new addition.    Immense by emergency center standards, the completed project nearly doubles the size of the previous facility increasing efficiency and org... Altro

HED led the architecture, engineering, and interior design for the 14,000 SF Max and Debra Ernst Heart Center at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. This new addition is dedicated to consolidating cardiac care, particularly for patients with heart failure, into a convenient and comprehensive facility. The unit includes 12 patient care rooms an echocardiogram room a vascular room a stress testing room and two treatment rooms designed for outpatient medication infusion services. It is designed to treat 100 patient visitors per day.   The $9 million project combines outpatient services for heart patients into one specialized clinic at the facility making prompt cardiac care easier to access and more efficient for patients returnin... Altro

Part of the ongoing transformation of New York’s Governors Island into a vibrant cultural destination, this adaptive reuse of an 1870s munitions storage warehouse supports local artists while providing generous space for public exhibitions and events.   Designed with services donated by the design team, the new arts center is the first permanent home on the island for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), founded in 1973 to serve local artists and the community with grants, studio space, and public exhibitions and events. To accommodate the organization’s eclectic program, the design called for opening up the interior of the long and narrow two-story building—previously a warren of military offices—and... Altro

On an elevated site, Milstein Family Heart Center bows gently outward toward the view, drawing attention to the extraordinary landscape of the Hudson River and New Jersey Palisades beyond.Despite the necessary density of the plan, natural light is plentifully present in the interior. With its flanking neighbors, the new building reads as part of an ensemble of different but complementary parts.Diagnostics, ambulatory surgery, cardiac catheterization laboratories, medical practice suites, critical care units, and an education/conference center have been added to the existing facility. The continuity of medical departments and functional synergies are facilitated with multi-level connection. The resulting seamless complex provides an exceptio... Altro

The expansion of Cornell University’s iconic 1973 museum, also designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, achieves its own presence without diminishing the authority of the original building.Retaining the buff-colored, architectural board-formed concrete of the earlier structure, the addition establishes a clear visual connection with its predecessor while affirming its independent identity. The new building houses the museum’s significant Asian art collection and includes a 150-seat lecture room, art studio, galleries, administrative space, and a large art-storage area. In quiet contrast to its monumental neighbor, the 17,200-square-foot addition is integrated into a sloping swath of lawn north of the existing museum. Altro

Museum expansion of existing University Art Museum, Art and Architecture Library, and History of Art Classroom Building. The 80,000 s/f project includes Great Hall, visitor reception facilities and Great Hall, and 35,000 s/f new gallery space with an integrated Art Study Center. This project involves the planning for a major expansion of the Museum of Art to enlarge its exhibition galleries and provide new study and learning centers, advancing its mission as a teaching museum. The planning includes renovation of the existing neoclassical museum and construction of an addition that embraces the original building and creates a new edge along the neighboring historic landscape of Marvin Grove. The existing building contains museum operations,... Altro

Epstein provided architectural and interior design, as well as full-service engineering services, for an expansion & partial renovation to the Park Plaza Senior Living Center in Chicago, Illinois. Park Plaza is an 180,000-square-foot modern Jewish Orthodox senior retirement facility located on the north side of Chicago, built in 1987. The center includes many amenities for social functions such as a beauty salon, library, and game room, as well as other facilities for physical therapy, and worship in an independent community. Originally, those amenities were spread throughout the building, and one of Epstein's tasks was to bring all of these amenities together on the ground floor to create a new renovated social area for all to gather.... Altro

Expansion of a single family house in Berlin. Altro

Purpose Recovery and expansion of a countryside house (and its adjacent buildings) in Arcos de Valdevez/Portugal. Program The client wished the house to have a living room, a dining room, a kitchen (which should remain at the original half-floor), two bedrooms plus, a multi-purpose room, a bathroom to serve the entire house and finally the basement transformed into a open space and multi-purpose living room. In the annex 1 was the former cowshed and the oven room.The cowshed area should be turned into a working space with a separate toilet; the oven room should be transformed into a kitchen to support to outer space, keeping the original wood oven. The annex 2, which was smaller, should function as a playroom. The relatio... Altro