Concept
The project is part of an emerging town center in South Orlando. The new community is conceived to provide a holistic experience to residents and visitors including commercial workspace, education, hospitality, spiritual, healthcare, retail, and research and wellness amenities. Three hospitals and the local University have already established a presence in the community. Additionally, several corporate users have also relocated to this community. The project we are submitting is intended to add to the diversity of uses by adding wellness-focused space.
Program
The project consists of (2) components: 160,000 SF Medical Office. 10,000 SF Retail.
Design Drivers
Wellness-inspired architecture. Create a seamless and unified environment integrating the Medical Office Building, Retail, Plaza, and Performance Center 9 (by others).
Solution
The solution addresses the new building program, the Performance Center under construction as well as the site as a unified campus connected to the fabric of the town center.
Site plan
Buildings are arranged in a way to create public areas conducive to active and passive outdoor to both the wellness campus block as well as the entire public town center community.
A large plaza provides space for exercise, music, and performances and a smaller more intimate outdoor space between the office building and retail provides a quieter more relaxed outdoor experience
A large plaza provides space for exercise, music, and performances and a smaller more intimate outdoor space between the office building and retail provides a quieter more relaxed outdoor experience
Medical Office Building
The flexible plan locates the core on one end in order to connect seamlessly to the Performance Center lobby. A second lobby provides the flexibility to offer non-medical office users a separate identity and access. The flexible plan is designed to accept ambulatory, overnight stay, and non-medical tenants.
Retail
The flexible one-story retail offers exposure on all sides for wellness/health retail tenants. In contrast with the Medical Office Building, it becomes a more playful component.
Architecture
The architectural approach was to create diversity by expressing each component individually. The unifying element is the organic pattern overlaid on the MOB curtain wall, the plaza paving pattern, and the retail building roof. The office building’s north wall is an all-curtain wall system with a fritted pattern. The South elevation employs a precast and glass skin in order to address solar exposure.
