Next month Kevin B. Sullivan and Michael Hinchcliffe, along with Melissa Forcier, will present at the Tradeline: Academic Medical & Health Science Centers Conference in San Francisco.
Session Title: Space mock-up and prototyping processes that yield big efficiency and productivity results
Presentation: Monday, November 12, 1:15pm — 2:10pm
Newly refined processes for prototyping space and fit-ups are yielding new findings on efficiency, productivity, and capital costs for medical research and clinical care. Session leaders illustrate new mock-up and prototyping processes along with specific findings from recent initiatives at Boston Children’s Hospital, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Veterans Administration facilities, and others that detail patient rooms, lab benches, tissue culture rooms, research lighting, user interaction feature, and exterior modular assemblies. To better deliver actionable design and configuration inputs, the session explores planning factors for budgeting and scheduling along with effective techniques for timely user engagement.
The design and construction processes face growing market pressure to decrease time and increase efficiency. However, owners and architects remain unwilling to sacrifice construction quality in this pursuit. With growing frequency, full scale pre-construction mock-ups for critical interior and exterior design components are becoming standard practice. Full-scale mock-ups provide a valuable tool for owners, users, architects and contractors to convey design intent and construction quality.
Speakers:
Payette: Kevin B. Sullivan, FAIA – Principal; Michael Hinchcliffe, AIA, LEED AP – Associate Principal
Boston Children’s Hospital: Melissa Forcier – Senior Facilities Planner
Cape Cod Community College’s Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center is a net-positive energy building designed to transform the heart of campus.
The project approaches sustainability through a holistic and global approach, implementing a range of moves including passive solar shading overhangs, air-source heat pumps, high performance materials with low embodied carbon and the expansion of the range of thermal comfort and lighting power density. Combined with on-site photovoltaics, the project achieves net-positive energy use.
The project’s thermally modified wood rainscreen façade is a study of the modern expression of vernacular Cape Cod architecture while reducing embodied carbon. Early lifecycle assessments identified the immense carbon savings of wood over fiber cement. The design team did not stop there, furthering reductions by peeling back unnecessary finishes like carpet and ceilings. Together, these decisions enabled a 19% reduction in embodied carbon.
#earthweek #designalways #buildingscience #performalism #netpositive #capecodmodernism #capecod #newengland