Situated on a 1.25-acre site, this 4,400 square foot ground up dental office provides 8 operatories, staff support space, a private physician office and a patient waiting area. The program layout is modeled around a collaborative care module where a central care zone, that includes space for physicians, staff and other care providers, aids in facilitating a collaborative environment easily and efficiently between treatment areas. The treatment areas are situated to either side of the central care zone providing 3 hygiene treatment rooms, 4 standard treatment rooms and 1 private treatment room adjacent the physician’s private office. Another key program layout is the main entry into the building that faces east. This addresses an element of Fung Shui which responds to one of the client’s main requirements which helped determined how the building would be oriented on the site. This idea continues through the building with all major entry points facing east, such as the entry into the treatment areas and the physician’s private office.

The exterior design consists of elegant massing cladded in a blend of modern materials and warm natural finishes to promote scale, interest and comfort. The overall massing contains two volumes. A tall thin sloped volume, sloping upwards west to east, is accentuated with vertical boxed metal paneling and positioned to the rear serving as a backdrop while cradling a lower volume facing the main street. The lower volume is a blend of neutral tones consisting of stucco and stacked stone, which helps promote an inviting intimate pedestrian scale as one walks up to the main entry. A thin large overhang wraps around the front elevation capping off the lower volume, further accentuation the pedestrian scale.

Project Team:

Architect: RBDS, Inc

Interiors: LJ2Interiors

Structural: Martin Consulting Group

MEP: Pittman Engineering, Inc.

Civil: Rancho Engineering Inc.

Landscape: Quadriga

Contractor: GP Development

Photography: Donald Satterlee Photography