McAuliffe + Carroll Architects

SJH-LIFE: On Time & Under Budget

Our South Jersey Healthcare – LIFE completed construction last week and is now awaiting State approvals. Construction began the week before Christimas with a target date of May 15, 2011 for Certificate of Occupnacy. The CofO was issued right on time, and the construction budget was met with room to spare.

My visit yesterday to review punch list completion resulted in these selected photos. The reception desk and entrance hall area in the former service waiting lobby, light box sign by 3form:

The waiting area, with 3form space divided panels:

Activities Room 1, with furnitire provided by BF Molz, in the former service bay. The blue recess is the entrance to the clinic suite:

Activities Room 2 has acces to the serving counter and the kitchen. The fabric covered panels are by Purdue:

The chapel:

The Personal Care hallway:

A typical personal care toilet/shower room:

Activities Room 3, the former showroom. The wood trusses we left and simply repainted. Elliptipar uplights boost the reflected light. Cabinet one has a gas fireplace:

Cabinet two has the TV:

The Cafe is on the left ready for cookies and muffins:

A custom linoleum tile layout for the gardening therapy room:

 
JM

Buildings We Like- Hopkins

Just opened in Princetion is the new Frick Chemistry Lab by Hopkins Architects. The whole thing looks like it was fabricated in a factory and assembled at the site. The color scheme is just a bit dry, but it is still striking. This is the main entrance recess:

Each side has an generous arcade walkway:

The center atrium is just an awesome space:

Stairs & bridges:

Refined details & finishes:

I could not figure out if this column was really necessary, but it sure looks good:

As an added bonus, you can get back to the main campus on the new pedestrian bridge:

JM

Nearing the end.

Well, after almost four years of work, our project for Zion Lutheran Church in Long Valley, NJ is drawing to a close. As I write, the project GC, Twining Construction is wrapping up the stone veneer work and finishing up the little touches on the interior.
It has been a very long project and has had its ups and downs, but in the end, I think it is quite nice. The best measure of success will be once the Church starts using the spaces and how accommodating the design is for them. I am keeping my fingers crossed. The site had so many peculiarities to it (flood plains and easements) that the final shape of the building is quite irregular, but ultimately satisfying.

In our intial post on the project we spoke about the challenge of desigining the project in a highly restrictive historic district. Thankfully, that proved to be the toughest part of the historic work. As the construction has progressed, the members of the local Historic Preservation Committee have been totally supportive of the project. The chairperson has even gone as far to say on several occassions how much better the project is that she initially thought it would be.

The final piece of the puzzle is almost finished. Twining Construction is working on installing the stone veneer. Once that is complete, the site work will be finished and the building will be ready for move in.