The Evergreen Family Medical Center has been reconfiguring the facility to
accommodate more staff and doctors. To accomplish this, they decided to move
the location of the CEO and business offices into a smaller space, and remodel
the vacated space for a new clinic. The business office needed to incorporate a
conference room, so we used a floor-to-ceiling glass enclosed space in the
center as a way to assure privacy while still allowing light to pass through
the space. Art glass panels were incorporated into transom windows. The art glass uses themes from nature, branches with leaves that change color as they head towards the windows.
The newly remodeled 2,715 sf clinic areas include a check-in desk, nurse
station, waiting room and exam rooms. Custom art glass, skylights, colors and
textures give this clinical space character and warmth. This project won three design awards in 2011: A People's Choice Award, a Mayor's Choice Award and a Colleague's Choice Award. All of these were presented as part of the local American Institute of Architects Design Competition.