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A speech pathology clinic needs therapy rooms that sound clear inside as well as private, with quiet air conditioning, an observation window that holds sound and cabling for recording sessions.
A flat floor teaching room spreads its screens, power and microphones around the room. We set out the walls, floor boxes, lectern routes and ceiling we build for it, and how the work fits between semesters.
Most of a day procedure centre is the space around its theatres. The holding bays, recovery stages, utilities and trolley corridors each have their own size, services and build order, and they decide how many patients a list can move.
An office inside a factory is designed around the production floor next to it. Its walls, glass, ceiling and doors are set by the machine noise, dust and vibration they keep out.
Inside a shopping centre, the centre approves the drawings, keeps changes to its fire and air conditioning for its own contractors and checks a set of certificates before the shop opens. How that shapes the build.
A floor let as many small suites to different businesses needs privacy, sound separation, power, air and access in every suite, plus shared rooms built for constant booking.
A shop asks more of its walls, ceiling and floor than an office does, and it has to open on a set date. What changes in the build, from centre approval to the stockroom door.
A worship space is one big room that fills and empties at the same moment, with amplified sound and children next door. Here is how the auditorium, stage, kids rooms, foyer and services are built for it.
A gym in a leased tenancy is built around the floor, the neighbours below and the plant that keeps a room full of people cool. What the engineer checks, what gets built up and in what order.
A library is a weight problem first and a zoning problem second. What gets checked, walled, lit and cabled before the shelving and the collection arrive.
A classroom refit is judged on whether one lesson stays out of the next, whether the walls survive a school year, and whether the work fits inside a term break. Here is how we size, build and sequence it.
A play centre is built around one tall structure and everything that has to work around it. Here is how we plan the floor, cafe services, party rooms, toilets, acoustics and entries in a warehouse or retail box.
A supermarket is a big open box with heavy services in the floor and above the ceiling. The condensate drains, the refrigeration pipe routes, the cool rooms and the dock are built long before the first gondola is bolted down.
A bakery and a small bar are small tenancies with heavy services. What the ovens, exhaust, cool room, drainage and acoustic walls need from the building decides the layout and the order of the works.
A studio is one large clear room with a demanding floor, a mirror wall, loud music and sweating people. Here is how the floor, walls, ceiling and air are built for it.
A small cafe is built around its services. Here is what the grease trap, floor wastes, exhaust duct, power, hand basins, washable kitchen finishes and front of house involve on site.
A commercial kitchen is a wet, hot room that has to wash down and breathe. The exhaust route, the drains, the linings and the cool room are built long before the first oven arrives.
A salon is a wet, hot, chemical-heavy tenancy dressed as a retail space. The basins, hot water, extraction, lighting and station power decide the build long before the mirrors go up.
A lab in an office building is an exhaust, drainage and services problem before it is a room. What has to be checked, routed and sealed before the benches arrive.
A dermatology clinic is built around seeing skin clearly. The lighting, the examination rooms, the procedure room and the photography space each set the walls, services and finishes.
A paediatric clinic is built for a patient who arrives with a pram, a sibling and two adults. What that does to the waiting room, the consult rooms, the wall finishes and the feeding room.
A chiropractic or podiatry room is planned around one piece of equipment that moves. Where the table or chair sits decides the room size, the floor, the basin, the power and the walls.
A mental health clinic is built around a conversation that nobody outside the room should hear or see. Room size, walls to slab, sealed solid doors, a second way out and low, even lighting decide the build.
An imaging suite is built around machines that weigh tonnes and walls that carry lead. How the slab, the shielded walls, the doors, the services and the delivery route come together.
