Institution - Soma Orthopedics by John Perez at Coroflot.com

Institution - Soma Orthopedics

Institution - Soma Orthopedics from John Perez

Institution - Soma Orthopedics

Located right in the heart of San Francisco’s Civic Center on Market Street, Soma Orthopedics is an office full of expert physicians that offer leading-edge patient care through the integration of orthopedic surgery, physiatry and pain. management. The orthopedic surgeons work with the latest minimally-invasive surgical techniques in repairing joints and brittle bones. With Soma Orthopedics offering leading-edge patient care, they needed a facility that complemented their practice.

The concept for Soma Orthopedics is broken bones and bandages, since they work in repairing and healing the musculoskeletal system. The spaces are
figuratively the broken bones of a patient while the grid ceiling acts as the bandage wrap.

Tools used to design the project: AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Accurender.

Floor Plan - In the North East section of the floor plan is an open patio with floor to ceiling windows. The spaces that are aligned to the window walls belong to the back office of Soma Orthopedics. Here there are several offices, a conference room, supply rooms, and a break room. At the end of the corridor is the conference room. The conference room is lighted by two pendant lamps that carry the concept of the bandages with the shell appearing to wrap the space within it. The break room has sufficient space with a full kitchen. The couch within the break room provides the hard-working doctors and nurses a place to catch some rest and relaxation. The break room has access to the outside patio with air, sunshine, and a view of the Civic Center.
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Reflective Ceiling Plan - With the concept of broken bones and bandages, the ceiling helps reinforce the idea behind the concept. The ceiling grid uses Armstrong’s Metal Linear system to mimic bandage wraps going across overhead. There are three layers to the Metal Linear system that goes throughout the space, each set at different height levels and going at different directions just as real bandages that are applied to a person would. The Metal Linear system is lined with LED lights that sit above the system and shine towards the ceiling. The effect of the LED lights shining upwards gives off a diffused light to the space below.
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