Saratoga SSC
A commercial healthcare waiting area precedent demonstrating how full-height storefront glazing and a warm curved ceiling cloud can soften a large public interior.
- What we like about this project
- A suspended curved wooden grid ceiling cloud contrasts sharply with the standard acoustical tile grid elsewhere.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- wood
- fabric
- carpet-tile
Visual identifiers
- curtain-wall-glazing
- wooden-ceiling-cloud
- patterned-armchairs
- healthcare-waiting-room
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- functional
Visual tags
- healthcare
- waiting-area
- daylit
- commercial-interior
- curtain-wall
- Geometry
- Expansive open-plan waiting room featuring full-height curtain wall glazing along the exterior perimeter and a sculptural curved wooden ceiling element overhead.
- Facade system
- Aluminum storefront curtain wall framing system with clear glazing.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with suspended acoustical and wood-slat ceiling systems.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial healthcare waiting hall with high ceilings and generous circulation space.
- Lighting
- Soft, natural daylight flooding in through large floor-to-ceiling windows, supplemented by decorative pendant fixtures and recessed ceiling lighting.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, bright, and airy atmosphere designed to comfort patients and visitors.
- Environmental context
- Interior healthcare facility waiting space with outdoor views of a suburban parking lot and signage.
- Spatial experience
- A bright, welcoming healthcare waiting area that feels open and connected to the exterior due to abundant daylight and expansive glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating mullions of the curtain wall align with the rhythm of clustered seating groups below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial healthcare interior
- Program
- Surgery center waiting lounge
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, wood, fabric, carpet-tile
- Visual identifiers
- curtain-wall-glazing, wooden-ceiling-cloud, patterned-armchairs, healthcare-waiting-room
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, functional
- Visual tags
- healthcare, waiting-area, daylit, commercial-interior, curtain-wall
- Geometry
- Expansive open-plan waiting room featuring full-height curtain wall glazing along the exterior perimeter and a sculptural curved wooden ceiling element overhead.
- Facade system
- Aluminum storefront curtain wall framing system with clear glazing.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with suspended acoustical and wood-slat ceiling systems.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial healthcare waiting hall with high ceilings and generous circulation space.
- Lighting
- Soft, natural daylight flooding in through large floor-to-ceiling windows, supplemented by decorative pendant fixtures and recessed ceiling lighting.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, bright, and airy atmosphere designed to comfort patients and visitors.
- Environmental context
- Interior healthcare facility waiting space with outdoor views of a suburban parking lot and signage.
- Spatial experience
- A bright, welcoming healthcare waiting area that feels open and connected to the exterior due to abundant daylight and expansive glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating mullions of the curtain wall align with the rhythm of clustered seating groups below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial healthcare interior
- Program
- Surgery center waiting lounge
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior