Focus Design Partners

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THE FIRM & THE TEAM
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 Preface The Firm

We are Focus Design Partners, a design firm with
regional and international affiliations. We have
established a solid practice throughout the Middle East,
and have won many local architectural commissions in
a very short period of time. Our increase in skilled in-
house staff and continuous success in providing high
quality architectural services has encouraged many
internationally acclaimed companies to form joint
ventures though collaborative partnerships to deliver
the highest quality of design and master planning for
clients in the Middle East.
Our staff are licensed and Registered with the American
Institute of Architect (AIA) and with the Union of
International Architects (UIA).
In pursuit of the highest level sustainability standards for
building, our company is registered at the United States
Green Building Council (USGBC) with in-house LEED
accredited professionals, in addition to registering the
company with the Gulf Organisation for Research and
Development (GORD) with in-house GSAS accredited
members.
Focus Design Partners (FDP) is a design company with
over 40 years of experience in the field of Architecture,
Engineering, Design, and Project Management. Since
its inception, Focus Design Partners has established
a solid design practice within the international market
particularly in the Middle East, having won many
architectural commissions from prominent clients. Focus
Design Partners aims to act as a reference provider in
the design consulting and project management sectors
though the delivery of high quality services, the exercise
of exacting standards, and the continuous development
of its capacity to deliver to progressively demanding
markets.
Focus Design Partners has been established in Qatar
for more than 7 years. The increase in the company’s
skilled in-house staff and continuous success in
providing quality architectural and engineering services
encouraged many internationally acclaimed companies
to team with Focus Design Partners on several
specialized design disciplines and projects. Focus
Design Partners in Qatar is in alliance with Focus Group
(FG) of Portugal, Algeria, Angola, Romania and Focus
Partners (FP) in Lebanon. Focus Group is a globally
integrated design consultancy and project management
practice with a multidisciplinary team of architects,
engineers, urban planners, and landscapers in sectors
such as urban planning, healthcare, education,
governmental institutions, sport facilities, residential,
and office building.
Today, Focus Design Partners is able to draw on
resources from over 350 plus certified engineers and
architects executing design and project management
works from around the world for the different building
sectors.

Our project partners are leading World Class companies

not only in the field of Engineering, but also in areas
relating to Infrastructure, Urban Planning, and the
Environment.

Focus Design Partners strives to support our clients

at every stage of the development process, from the
concept analysis to building design and construction,
in order to ensure the long-term success of the project.
The Focus Design Partners’ team provides professional
service excellence in the areas of Architecture,
Engineering, Master Planning, Design, and Landscape FG
Romania
Architecture, and we are able to draw from resources of Albert Kahn
FG
more than 350 professionals worldwide. Michigan, USA
Portugal FP
Albert Kahn Lebannon
Alabama, USA FDP
Qatar
FG
Cape Verde

Albert Kahn
Brazil

Partners & Alliances Map

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Services
By providing integrated services, Focus Design
Partners constitutes a single point of contact with full
accountability towards its client. We have made our
mission to eliminate the “grey area” of interdisciplinary
coordination by providing a complete package of
services, where the frontiers are clear, and where all
the different components of the project are carefully
integrated, enabling us to provide a comprehensive
solution. Our most essential values are our accountability
and the excellence of the services we provide. We are
guided at all times by an unwavering independence from
all market agents, focusing exclusively on the defense
of our client’s interests. We thrive to produce and results
that create the best environment possible to the users
of the buildings we design, and the urban spaces we
plan, as well as to the communities in which they are
interested.We believe in the importance of the quality and
excellence of the built environment as a precondition for
the development of thriving communities, the success
of businesses, and the efficiency of institutions.
The Combined services deliver world-class solutions in
the following disciplines:
• Architecture and Master Planning
• Landscape Architecture
• Project Management
• Structural and Civil engineering
• Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP)
• BIM Management
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BIM
BIM is a growing industry trend that is changing
the way that planning, design, construction, and facility
operations are conducted and, as such, changing the
face of the industry as a whole. BIM uses computer-
based simulations to study and validate project design
and construction before they actually take place. It is
far more than basic 3D modeling; BIM is a business
approach that integrates multiple streams of project-
related information. BIM moves users away from the
traditional “document-centric” approach, which only
addresses the capital construction side of a facility,
toward a “data-centric” approach, which supports the
facility lifecycle operation.The result is more effective and
efficient design, estimating, scheduling and construction
phases. BIM breaks down traditional barriers related
to interdisciplinary collaboration, facilitates off-site
prefabrication, improves design options, and reduces
risk, rework, and cost. BIM also allows for the integration
of construction phasing through project scheduling
software, automated quantity takeoffs, automated
costing based on the integration of materials pricing
software packages, and green building analysis, among
others.
BIM in general, as a process of designing
a building, can be used in a variety of options, to
progressively build and update models of any client
facility by using one comprehensive model which
consists of all discipline, rather than having it separately.
This is done to ensure that the design process will have
improved decision making, along with production of
higher quality designs which can help reduce costs
and in the end improve overall quality of building and
construction schedule.
Focus Design Partners has a strong belief in
BIM as a new standard in producing, delivering and
managing project files in construction industry. With
those kind of projects in hands, customers can use
them for a potential management during lifecycle of a
building, and even in the process of its termination, all
the way to the demolition phase.
BIM
Traditional building design was largely reliant upon
two-dimensional technical drawings (plans, elevations,
sections, etc.). Building information modeling extends
this beyond 3D, augmenting the three primary spatial
dimensions (width, height and depth) with time as
the fourth dimension (4D) and cost as the fifth (5D).
BIM therefore covers more than just geometry. It also
covers spatial relationships, light analysis, geographic
information, and quantities and properties of building
components (for example, manufacturers’ details).
BIM involves representing a design as combinations
of “objects” - vague and undefined, generic or product-
specific, solid shapes or void-space oriented (like the
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shape of a room), that carry their geometry, relations
and attributes. BIM design tools allow extraction of
different views from a building model for drawing
production and other uses. These different views are
automatically consistent, being based on a single
definition of each object instance. BIM software also
defines objects parametrically; that is, the objects are
defined as parameters and relations to other objects,
so that if a related object is amended, dependent ones
will automatically also change. Each model element
can carry attributes for selecting and ordering them
automatically, providing cost estimates as well as
material tracking and ordering.
For the professionals involved in a project, BIM enables
a virtual information model to be handed from the design
team (architects, landscape architects, surveyors, civil,
structural and building services engineers, etc.) to the
main contractor and subcontractors and then on to the
owner/operator; each professional adds discipline-
specific data to the single shared model. This reduces
information losses that traditionally occurred when a
new team takes ‘ownership’ of the project, and provides
more extensive information to owners of complex
structures.
In our everyday work we strive to use new technologies
that help us do projects faster, with higher quality
and better coordination. With this in mind, we’ve set
ourselves on a BIM journey a long time ago and for
many years now we employ BIM applications in our
projects because we’ve realised their full potential
and benefits directly in practice. Similarly, our sub-
consultants have recognised the good side and have
been using it, each in their own discipline, for a long
period. This way, through intensive collaboration, we
are able to bring out the best of BIM as a concept of
work in modern era. Many different disciplines in our
company utilise BIM, across various types of projects,
ranging from residential and commercial, all the way to
specialised types such as hospitality and healthcare. All
of them exploit BIM potential, from concept design to
technical design to project handover.
We use BIM, among other areas, for: buildings design,
buildings analysis, quality assurance and quality
control, standards check, estimations, quantity takeoffs,
clash detections and clash avoidance, programming,
visualisation.
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 Index
Corporate 15
Hospitality & Mixed Use 33
Healthcare & Educational 51
High Rise 63
Residential 85
Sports & Leisure 99
Interior 115

In Partnership with Albert Kahn Associates

Healthcare 129
Education 133
Interior 149

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 Corporate
Design
Projects

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 ECQ E 09 & 10 ECQ D 06 & 07
Location: Energy City, Lusail, Qatar Location: Energy City, Lusail, Qatar
Date: 2013 - under tender Date: 2011
Built-Up Area: 11,627 sqm Built-Up Area: 12,700 sqm
Status: DC2 & Civil Defence Approved Status: Concept Design
Client: Abdullah Abdulghani Nasser & Sons Client: Al Dalcel
Trading and Contracting Company Role: Design, Management, Supervision
Role: Design, Management, Supervision

LEED Silver LEED Silver

The design proposal regards the two separate lots, E9 and E10, as one
campus and proposes a design solution that consists of one building with
two distinct wings that are connected at the last level.
The building is approached by a pedestrian access from both the north
and south. Hence, an important North-South axis was established that
separates the east and west wings and along which the central passage
was laid out. This passage enlarges into an open-sky atrium at the heart
of the campus. The concept behind the atrium space is to be the unifying
element for the two wings and the element that makes the site be viewed
as one campus.
The overall architectural concept behind our design proposal is that of a
crystal or a diamond form with either slanted or straight vertical planes in
the form of triangles, whose alternation or interplay forms the elevations.
The dramatic effect of these slanted surfaces is carried throughout the
atrium where its effect is that of being enclosed by canyon walls.
Both building entrances, one for each wing, open into the atrium. The
building entrances are purposely hidden inside the atrium so as to guide
the occupant through it before they enter the building. The experience of
the canyon effect is imposed on the visitor by locating the entrances in the
space of the atrium.
The two plots, D6 & D7, offer two different but very complimenting
office buildings. Simple volumes are intersected by full-height projecting
walls and shaded by large canopies. Both buildings provide habitable
exterior spaces in the form of shaded balconies and roof gardens.
Day lighting is a major factor, and hence skylights are provided to bring
light all the way down into the ground floor atrium spaces in both buildings.
The two buildings are similar in the choice of material: natural stone
cladding for the exterior walls, double glazed windows and large metal
grill shading walls wrapping around the glazed volumes. Each building
attains a different feel to it: the first is matched with colors of water, while
the second, with colors of the sun.
A common garden space is created between the two buildings. Another
garden space is the top of both buildings, where an extensive green roof
is proposed to reduce heat island effect and provide a habitable relaxation
space for the building occupants.
The two buildings share an underground parking on two levels. Access
is provided by a separate ramp on the side of each of the building. On-
ground parking is completely shaded for the comfort of the occupants and
to achieve credit under LEED certification system.

Because of its location and access, the building’s north and south Water fountains and an elaborate landscape design to fit with design
elevations attain an equal importance. Although the actually entrances guidelines for the entire ECQ development fill the rest of the property land.
are hidden inside the atrium, both north and south entrances are marked
by dominating canopies that lead the visitor into the collective common
space.

The treatment of the elevations takes into account a site analysis of

climatic conditions. The glazing is minimized to approximately 40% of the
aggregate elevation surface, in order to comply with UPDA requirements
as well as per ASHRAE 90.1-2004.

The building floor plans provide for large floor areas with a wide exposure
to natural light. Cores are located centrally to leave optimum leasable area
along the building perimeter. Mezzanine level accounts for 74% of ground
floor and provides a large overlook of the two-story entrance foyer. The
prominence of the entrance foyers is reinforced by escalators in each wing
running along the north facade. Common spaces include a roof garden,
accessible to all building occupants. A part of the roof is also reserved for
the installation of photovoltaic panels to take advantage of a large annual
amount of sunlight to produce renewable energy.

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 QIIB Headquorters
Location: Marina District, Lusail, Qatar
Date: 2016
Built-Up Area: 25,500 sqm
Status: Tender
Client: QIIB
Role: Design

Keeping the value structure of the bank in mind, the design for
the headquarters has been executed in a way that will reflect all the values
the bank has instilled. The logo of the bank has been a major source of
inspiration in designing the building. Upon observation and investigation,
one discovers that the logo for QIIB hints towards the idea of teamwork.
Looking closely, four intertwined arms can be seen in the logo that promise
trust and commitment to serve.

The form of the building was derived from the logo in a way that the shape
was considered as a floor plate that rotates and twists its way to the top
of the building. The outcome is such that the building is given a slightly
pivoting shape that adds an intriguing element to the façade. Along with
the vertical twist and rotation of the structure, the floor also is in the form of
a ramp that winds its way up to the top floors.

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 Fox Hills
Location: Lusail, Qatar
Date: 2017 - 2019
Built-Up Area: 8,500 sqm
Status: Ongoing
Client: Al Darwish United
Role: Design & Supervision

In Fox Hills, Lusail City, a quite distinctive and primary loca-tion

for high-end projects with multi-functional purposes, we embarked on a
new high-end office building with an informal stimulating atmosphere to
match FDPs vision. The B.U.A is 8,500 sqm constituting of wide spaces
which are targeted for uniquely designed offices as well as extravagant
retail business spaces. The functionality behind the building has been
the main inspiration for the concept of our project where we mixed the
traditional architectural elements for the retail area and the modern
functional architectural elements for the office floors.

The traditional arches are amended and enhanced into pro-truding arches
for a more out-of-the-ordinary design in order to give a luxury feel for the
retail area.

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Campus of Justice
Location: Parque des Naçóes, Lisbon, Portugal
Date: 2009
Built-Up Area: 65,000 sqm
Status: Completed
Client: Norfin S.A.
Role: Design, Management, Supervision

Microsoft Headquarters
Location: Parque des Naçóes, Lisbon, Portugal
Date: 2006/2010
Built-Up Area: 6,200 sqm
Status: Completed
Client: Pavilhão Virtual S.A.
Role: Design, Management, Supervision

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 Hospitality
&
Mix Use
Projects

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Al Sadd Development
Location: Al Sadd Area, Doha, Qatar
Date: 2019
Built-Up Area: 150,000 sqm
Status: Awarded
Client: Al Darwish Group
Role: Competiotn Entry

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Lusail Drive-In Park
Location: Marina, Lusail City, Qatar
Date: 2019
Built-Up Area: 15,000
Status: Proposal
Client: Al Mana
Role: Design & Feasibility Study

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Seef Lusail Resort
Location: Lusail City Marina, Qatar
Date: 2019
Built-Up Area: 150,000
Status: Proposal
Client: Al Mana Group
Role: Design & Feasibility Study

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 Educational
&
Healthcare

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Al Wakrah Modern School
Location: Al Wakrah, Qatar
Date: 2018 - 2019
Built-Up Area: 25,000 sqm
Status: Under Construction
Client: Al Muftah Group
Role: Design & Supervision

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Islamic School for Girls
Location: Al Wukair, Qatar
Date: 2018 - 2019
Built-Up Area: 25,000 sqm
Under Construction
Status:
Talum Group
Client: Design & Supervision
Role:

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 National Health Laboratory
Location: Mesamier, Doha, Qatar
Date: 2015 - Ongoing
Built-Up Area: 32,000 sqm
Status: Under Construction
Client: PWA Asghal
Role: Design, Management, Supervision

The State of Qatar has an important role in the field of health-

care and rectifies this role in erecting the National Health Laboratories of
Qatar.

The concept of our proposal is based on three factors: site

in-tegration with respect to the Master plan and climatic condi-tions;
functional distribution to achieve optimum spatial use; and, an outstanding
quality of architectural design that gives the building its iconic character
and comfortable and friendly working environment.

Site integration involves a response to the conditions set in

the approved master plan. Our proposal takes into consider-ation the
orientation of the building and proposes a wide wel-coming north-west
elevation that is facing the main road, i.e. the F-ring road. The elevation
curves as the road curves and hints a sense of continuity. The same notion
of continuity is further achieved through the use of architectural forms that
are more directional rather than complete. Such an element is found in
the torched north façade which completes the main curve and suggests a
visual movement upwards.

The functional distribution takes into account the requirements
set in the master plan with regard to allowable built-up area, land coverage,
parking spaces, and others. Moreover the main facilities functions rely on
the requirements of the end users and their needs but not only based
on the project brief but also relied on the continuous workshops and
discussions with all the Laboratory Stakeholders. The building floor plans
provide for large, regular shaped laboratories areas, where modularity
shall dominate and flexibility takes place in every room to be created. Support areas follow the same modular planning principles for ease of
Each of the five laboratory divisions (Food Safety, Drug Safe-ty,
DPCS, Environmental Health and Protection, and Reference Standards
and Testing) is arranged in a similar pattern and have been established for
an effective generic room layout that will suit the needs for the majority
of the laboratory re-quirements, that can be expanded though the
combination of modules.
Similar locations are identified in each laboratory for fume
hoods, equipment, utilities, and architecturally sig-nificant equipment
to allow for the utilities to be predictable in the placement within labs.
reconfiguration into future laboratories, if required. Walls and casework
within each lab will follow a singluar module for an ease of change and
adjustment.
The form of the building is an obvious resemblance of
dy-namic to static, reflecting on the evolution within the built up
environment in the State of Qatar, not only in a contemporary form, but
also recognizing and incorporating the local archi-tectural spirit. We
have chosen to acknowledge the innovative spirit of the Qatari design
community and thus, to interlace the traditional and the modern in an
artistic abstraction that carries the values of the past into the forms of
the future.

The building’s architectural design, as mentioned before,

revolves around the notion of functionality, continuity and flexibility,
which at the end attains a certain quality of both boldness and elegance.
The building consists of three main volumes. The main point of entry
from the north consists of sample receiving and administration areas,
the central main body con-sists of the laboratory facilities, and at the
south-end tail, the supporting and sample disposal areas.

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 High-Rise
Projects

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Lusail Marina Tower 1 & 2
Location: Lusail, Qatar
Date: 2019
Built-Up Area: 80,000 sqm
Status: Proposal
Client: Mohammed Hamad Al Mana Group
Role: Concept Design

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Al Mana Twin Towers
Location: C-Ring Road
Date: 2016
Built-Up Area: 40,000 sqm
Status: Under Construction
Client: Mohammed Hamad Al Mana Group
Role: Design, ARCH+MEP

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 Residential
Projects

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Darwish Villa
Location: Pearl, Doha, Qatar
Date: 2015
Built-Up Area:
Status: Under Construction
Client:
Role: Management, Supervision

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Al Jasim Villas Compound
Location: Al Wakrah, Qatar
Date: 2019
Built-Up Area: 18,000 sqm
Status: Design Proposal
Client: Sh. Al Jasim
Role: Design

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 Sports
&
Leisure
Projects

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Al Wakrah Stadium
Location: Al Wakrah, Qatar
Date: 2017-2018
Built-Up Area: 45,000 seats
Status: Completed
Client: JV Midmac
Role: Lead Architect

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Sport Benfica e Lisboa
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date: 2002/2003
Capacity: 65,000 seats
Status: Completed
Client: Somague, Sport Lisboa e Benfica SAD
Role: Design, Management, Supervision

Fortaleza 2014 WC Stadium

Location: Fortaleza, Brazil
Date: 2008/2012
Undertaking Area: 230,000 sqm
Construction Area: 162,000 sqm
Status: Completed
Client: State of Caerà/ Galvão Andrade Mendoça
Consortium
Role: Design, Management, Supervision

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Campo Grande 2014 WC Stadium
Location: Campo Grande, Brazil
Date: 2008/2012
Capacity: 45,000 seats
Status: Completed
Client: State of Mato Grosso do Sul
Role: Design, Management, Supervision

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 Interior Design
Projects

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Darwish Villa
Location: West Bay Lagoon, Qatar
Date: 2012
Built-Up Area: 3,000 sqm
Status:
Client: Al Darwish
Role: Management

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Al Wakrah Stadium Interior English Modern School Interior
Location: Al Wakrah Qatar Location: Al Wakrah Qatar
Date: 2017-2018 Date: 2019
Built-Up Area: 120,000 sqm Built-Up Area: 15,000 sqm
Status: Completed Status: Under Construction
Client: JV Midmac Client: Al Muftah Group
Role: Lead Architect Role: Design & Supervision

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 HEALTH CARE ARCHITECTURE
Kahn is a national firm whose work embodies excellence in health care planning, operational efficiency, healing environments and flexibility to
accommodate future change. Having designed projects across the country and internationally, our portfolio demonstrates a range of experience,
design styles and approaches. Following are key qualities and services that distinguish The Albert Kahn Family of Companies.

WE START BY UNDERSTANDING CORE MISSION, VISION AND VALUES

We begin every project with a visioning session to explore integration of your mission, vision and values into the facilities planning process. This
will also be part of the criteria for ranking the effectiveness of each alternative design and facility planning options developed by our planning
team.

WE BALANCE YOUR FACILITIES WITH STRATEGIC BUSINESS NEEDS

At Kahn, we believe that your facilities should be in balance with your organization’s strategic
business and operations. We don’t just do space planning. Rather, we will first work to understand your core business, operations and clinical
strategy, then determine how best to match your facilities and space use with your operations. We will engage senior leadership in brainstorming/
visioning sessions and will then collect and analyze service volumes for each major service line at your facilities.

Our Values:
Integrity
Corporate and individual integrity form the foundation of our relationships. We live by ethical standards that
foster fairness, honesty and trust.

Professionalism
We increase the quality and value of professional services by continuous development of our people and
knowledge base. As a commitment to our profession we create sustainable environments that leave a
better world for future generations.

Respect
We treat everyone as we would like to be treated, demonstrating honor, compassion and empathy in all
we do.

Pride
With humility, we acknowledge individual and team accomplishments in advancing corporate goals and
celebrating our rich heritage. We appreciate and recognize a job well done.

Passion
Our passion is evidenced in the enthusiastic pursuit of creative solutions for our Clients. Inspire People with
Great Places.

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 Healthcare
Projects

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 Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hosptal
Location: West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA
Built-Up Area: 160 Acre Development
730,000 sq. ft.
300 beds
Client: Henry Ford Health System
A community center for well-being, the new Henry Ford West Bloomfield
Hospital looks to integrate patient care with fitness, education and
research to promote wellness in addition to the treatment of disease.
Visitors enter into an environment that emphasizes the
preservation of health as much as the treatment of illness. Connecting
the diagnostic and treatment areas and inpatient lodges are two, 3-story
atriums with more than 2,000 live trees and plants designed to bring in
daylight.
Main Street, the hospital’s central corridor offers imaging services, retail
shops with a wellness theme, a café, a culinary demonstrative kitchen and
wellness center that bridges integrative and traditional medicine to offer a
full spectrum of therapeutic options.
Equipped with upholstered headboards, large sleeper sofas and patient-
controlled thermostats, patient rooms look and feel like fine hotel
accommodations. Windowed nursing alcoves outside each room improve
care with convenient computer terminals, staff workspace and ample
storage. Committed to preserving the woodlands and wetlands that make
the campus an ideal healing environment for patients, the new facility is
LEED Silver certified by the U.S. Green Building Council and features
many Earth-friendly elements.
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Cancer Center Expansion and Renovation
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Built-Up Area: 673,000 sq. ft. - Expansion Hospital
172,000 sq. ft - Logistics Building
Client: A.C. Camargo
Fighting Cancer Patient to Patient, through Quality, Sustainability and
Human Development, aiming at Excellence.
The A.C. Camargo Cancer Center serves a growing population of cancer
patients from different areas of Brazil with quality and efficiency. The
successful clinical outcomes and growth of educational and research
programs imposed a burden to A.C. Camargo areas. The expansion was
comprised of two buildings connected by skywalks, existing building
renovations and outdoor plazas.
The project will requalify outdoor areas of the neighborhood, which will
function as building connectors, provide for areas of respite for neighboring
citizens and hospital visitors, and express the capacity of a community to
provide care and welfare.
Additional features include a new Main Hospital Atrium with convenient
services for patients and visitors, a Learning Center, a material
management and logistics organized around a semi-buried closed
loading dock to eliminate noise nuisance and models for integrated and
comprehensive ambulatory care. The hospital’s private patient rooms
include a rainscreen and shading doubleskin façade, creates a symbolic
veil of protection for patients and offers visual privacy, even with the
windows open for the outdoor view.
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 Aurora Medical Center of Manitwoc Co.
Location: Two Rivers, Wisconsin, USA
Built-Up Area: 185,000 sq. ft.
83 Beds
Client: Aurora Health Care

Situated to take full advantage of the site’s abundant natural beauty,

the design of this Aurora facility maintains the high standards of patient
comfort and privacy, essential to any health care facility.

With expansive views of Lake Michigan’s shoreline naturally

augmenting the healing nature of this facility, patients are provided a
healing environment designed to make them feel as comfortable and
serene as they would in their own homes. The four-story, high-tech medical
center houses private medical-surgical patient rooms and private pre-
op recovery rooms, many of which are located along the curved façade
facing the shoreline.

This site also accommodates several specialized clinics, including two

dedicated to women’s health. The full-service Vince Lombardi Cancer
Center features full-length windows, specialty lighting that softens the
radiation treatment experience, and a spacious and open floor plan.
Also included is an ambulatory center featuring an inpatient setting,
full-service diagnostic, emergency, cardiac rehabilitation, and physical
therapy services. This patient-focused center was designed for maximum
flexibility and operational efficiencies.

Education
Projects

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 A. Alfred Taubam Center for Design Education

Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Date: 2009
Built-Up Area: 60,000 sq. ft.
Client: College for Creative Studies

A leader in art and design education, the College for Creative Studies
(CCS) sought to refresh Detroit’s New Center by revitalizing the former
Argonaut Building into a mixed-use educational facility.

The Center for Design Education provides space for a school,

non-profit organizations, business accelerators, shared public spaces,
a 500-seat auditorium, student housing and academic space for CCS’
design schools, and incorporates the latest technology available for the
education environment.

The space was designed to create distinct yet complementary, integrated

spaces for the Center’s educational tenants and student housing needs.
Allowing the existing structure to influence the design direction, our
approach adds a modern interpretation to this historic building resulting in
a stunning contrast of elements, color palettes and materials.

Façade and structural repairs, as well as safety and infrastructure upgrades

of stairways and elevators, and installation of comprehensive, energy
efficient mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems were addressed
following guidelines for historic structures defined by the National Park
Service.

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 East English Village Preparatory Academy
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Date: 2012
Built-Up Area: 221,000 sq. ft.
Client: Detroit Public Schools

The consolidation of two high school campuses into a highly functional

and sustainable learning center inspires students and staff to reach new
heights in discovery and to enhance the local community.

Detroit Public Schools’ East English Village Preparatory

Academy features four wings with eight science laboratories, a high-
tech media center, athletic area with a community health clinic, and a
performing arts section. A cafeteria commons anchors the four wings and
also functions as an assembly area for programs and events.

The indoor athletic wing features a gymnasium with high capacity

seating, eight-lane pool and diving well with balcony seats. Outside
facilities include a large football and track and field complex, four tennis
courts, varsity baseball and softball fields, and event parking. Built to
accommodate nearly 1,200 students, this educational facility is being
designed to achieve LEED for Schools Gold certification.

Detroit School of Arts

Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Date: 2005
Built-Up Area: 286,000 sq. ft.
Client: Detroit Public Schools

As the first LEED certified building in Detroit, this prototype high school
combines education and business, art and technology, school and
community, creating an optimal place for learning.

Designed collaboration with another local firm, this sixstory,

1,200-student public school is helping to renew the spirit of its school
district and has become an important center in the community. Envisioned
as a highly specialized educational, training and production facility, this
high school houses an experimental black box theater, an 800-seat
auditorium, recital hall, large classrooms, and various television and radio
production studios. Like many performing art centers, this facility also
incorporates finishes of the highest quality.

Natural lighting and wood finishes are blended with metal wall panels,
terrazzo, and soft acoustic treatments throughout the building. The result
is a creative, clean design that is durable and attractive. The building also
includes a green roof with sun shades and four heat wheels to reflect
soloar heat gain, and hydraulic elevators that operate off of vegetable oil.
Elements such as these contributed to the Detroit School of Arts receiving
LEED certification from the USGBC.

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