Location: 801 Market St., Philadelphia, PA
Area: 120,000 GSF
Dates: Completed July 2018
Client: Philadelphia Media Network
Project Team: CaVA Architects, CVM Professionals, Premier Office Solutions, and BALA Engineers
Contractor: Russ Kelly & Associates
CaVA recently completed a two year planning and construction process with the Philadelphia Media Network’s headquarters in Center City. Rapidly changing technology and our access to information on a 24/7 basis has meant wide ranging changes in our way of working, workspace needs, and how information is gathered and consumed. No industry has been more affected and representative of these changes more than our news organizations. CaVA Architects was brought on to assist in creating a leaner and more agile workplace that could help the staff work smarter and faster with more access to digital media. allowing them to work more collaboratively, with more access to each other, and the outside world. The historic interior was fully occupied and operational throughout the construction process.
Location: Martha's Vineyard, MA
Area: 2,500 GSF
Dates: In Design
Client: Withheld
This exciting project is for a Philadelphia couple who have summered on the Vineyard for years and now plan to retire there. The home is being designed to take advantage of the incredible beauty of the site's sweeping views and the healthy indoor/outdoor lifestyle the island offers its residents.
This project is currently in design and should be completed in 2020.
In a recent opportunity, we completed a test fit of a full office building floor, reimagined as a co-working space that could be utilized by all the tenants in the building, or their clients, on an as-needed basis. The floor, divided into five suites sized between 1,750 and 3,200 square feet, has a combination of shared glass-faced office, meeting, and collaborative spaces. Open seating is provided in a range of styles: lounge seats along with the windows, high-top tables, and hoteling bench desks. End walls in each suite are designed for the integration of projection, glass marker boards, or graphics. The loop corridor of the building links the five suites to a shared larger conferencing and meeting lounge space with AV and the capacity to host more significant events for the building occupants. Day to day this shared amenity space functions as a large meeting room and “coffee bar” for all the occupants. Flexibility and the re-envisioning of how people work today are vital to the success of new workplaces with mobile employees who require flexible spaces to land and plugin as they work in today’s ever-evolving work environment. This project examined the changing landscape of work and opportunities for traditional office buildings to adapt and be agile.
Location: The Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania
Area: 200 Acres and 1.5 Million GSF
Dates: Study Complete Fall 2017
Client: PIDC
CaVA worked with PIDC and CVMNext to envision a variety of development opportunities in the Historic Core of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Looking specifically at two of the largest remaining Navy era buildings, CaVa and CVM prepared several development scenarios for PIDC's review and future planning.
http://www.navyyard.org
The importance of providing a wide variety of great meeting rooms in today's transformative workplaces cannot be overstated. Working comfortably and collaboratively are key components to making meetings as productive as possible. The right mix of lighting, technology, acoustics and presentation tools, along with the appropriate size room and comfortable furniture influences a meeting more than the attendees are aware. We believe that great meetings in the workplace can happen in many different spaces; from a formal fully equipped conference room to standing table set within the open office. Great meeting places foster stronger communication, collaboration and productively.
Places of entry; they set the tone for what's to come. Greeting visitors, welcoming employees, providing security for the building; lobbies today must wear many hats. The Lobby is were your visitors and clients will get their first impression of your operation.
Location: Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania
Area: 15,000 GSF
Dates: Opened Summer 2013
Client: Swarthmore College
LEED: Designed to LEED CI Standards
In 2012 Swarthmore College began a process to strengthen their physical and social “town and gown” relations, promoting collaboration, communication, and opportunities for intellectual engagement involving the entire Swarthmore community. A first step was their purchase of a four story building on the "town” side of campus as a new home for the Development and Alumni Relations offices. BCJ and CVMNext worked collaboratively with the Development leadership, staff, and Facilities to craft an agile workplace that was flexible, open and inviting. With an emphasis on daylighting and views towards the campus, the layout allows staff space to balance shared workspace while still providing required privacy for sensitive phone conversations and data. This move was a major cultural shift for the staff; bringing them into the design process was a vital piece of the ultimate resounding approval of their new offices. A further benefit of this engaging design-build project was the essence of sustainability that ran throughout, ranging from the recycling of an existing building to using all repurposed furniture. The final result is a light filled, flexible and friendly workspace that enhances productively and community.
Kelly Vresilovic completed this project while a Senior Associate at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.
Project Name: Renovation of 30th Street Post Office
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Area: 928,000 GSF
Dates: Opened Fall 2011
Client: Brandywine Realty Trust
Tenant: General Services Administration
LEED: LEED NC 2.2 GOLD 2012 (40 pts)
Related External Links:
http://www.brandywinerealty.com/spotlight-30th-street-post-office.aspx
The revitalization of Philadelphia’s 30th Street historic Post Office into a LEED Gold Class A Office Building was a massive undertaking that took the hands and minds of many. In a key alliance between the University of Pennsylvania, Brandywine Realty Trust, the GSA, Keating Development and Construction, BCJ and Jacobs, this project brought nearly 5,000 workers to the heart of this regional transportation hub and sponsored the creation of Penn Park. At nearly a million square feet, rehabilitation of this impressive 1930s building was a vital piece of the major redevelopment now underway in University City.
As BCJ’s Project Manager for the tenant fit-out, Kelly’s role included overseeing the installation of over 500,000 SF of office space plus multiple classrooms, meeting and break rooms, a full time dining operation, a childcare care facility, as well as exterior play and dining areas. Kelly’s extensive sustainable expertise and excellent collaboration skills also served the project well as BCJ’s LEED coordinator on this very complex and important historic renovation. Leading the long list of sustainable initiatives was the introduction of a new a 200-foot-long by 4-stories deep light well through the center of the block wide building; providing the new tenants with a daylight filled workplace and views over the City that both humanize and invigorate the interiors.
Kelly Vresilovic completed this project while a Senior Associate at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.
Location: Bellingham, WA
Area: 2,400 GSF
Dates: Completion Fall of 2016
Client: Withheld
This delightful project was CaVA Architects first commission, so we hold it dear. A weekend retreat for a family of water skiers, the original "cabin" was dark and suffering from a leaky basement. With a highly responsive client and builder, CaVA opened up the front of the house to the tremendous view and daylight. The exciting renovation transformed the cabin in to a home that should provide for many years of great skiing, relaxing, and time with family and friends in this bucolic lakeside location.
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Area: 225,000 GSF
Dates: Opened in 1993, Tower Additions 2000 and 2009, Currently interior renovations in progress
Client: Withheld
One of the original members of the University Science Center, this headquarters building encompassing over 225,000 square feet is a complex custom built for a national testing agency. As such, it includes highly secure office and meeting spaces for its over 450 occupants and daily visitors. Visiting physicians come from across the country to help prepare new exams and test new treatments. The facility is filled with interactive meeting spaces and video conferencing of all sizes, a technical library, wellness center and mock exam rooms. The u-shaped building wraps around a generous south facing garden courtyard that floods the interior’s narrow floor plates with daylight and views into the garden below, enhancing the experience and wellness of all the occupants. Opening onto the courtyard from the west at level one is a large flexible dining facility that can also be used for Town Hall type meetings. Charles Capaldi has served as the Architect and Interior designer for the building and the interiors over the past 25 years and continues with CaVA to retrofit the original 1993 and 2003 spaces; reshaping the spacial layouts and configurations to become more collaborative and agile workplaces with greater access to technology.
Location: New York, NY
Client: Emaunuel/Emanuel Ungaro
This Headquarters complex for the bridge line of Emanuel Ungaro encompassed a 75,000 SF full floor in the iconic Met Life Building overlooking Madison Square in New York City. Housing the entire staff of over 200 employees, the plan combined showrooms, offices, design studios and workrooms to encourage interaction, communication and collaboration throughout the company. For reasons of style, along with cost and schedule, the construction incorporated highly finished spaces with custom furniture and simple "exposed" areas, all tied together with a unified approach to branding and style. Close collaboration between the design and construction teams assured that the ambitious timetable (9 months from concept to completion) was met.
Charles Capaldi completed this project while a principal at B Five Studio Architects.
Location: Philadelphia, PA
This center-city renovation modifed and expanded an existing residence into a two-story loft style home, flooded with light and layered with reminders of the industrial past and newly-crafted construction.
Exposed steel framing was inserted into the upper floor to support a new green roof with solar panels and a new roof monitor that provides access to the roof and brings light to the central stair and to the lower level. The rolled steel sections contrast with the laminated bamboo and polished cherry panels and the orignal construction. Structural decks, framing and exterior masonry walls are kept visible and exposed to maintain the identity of the components. Cleverly designed sliding doorways save space and allow the home to function as a large open plan or can be closed to provide needed privacy.
Charles Capaldi completed this project while a principal at BFive Studio Architects.
Location: Loyola University Maryland
Area: 98,000 GSF, 364 Beds
Client: Loyola University Maryland
LEED: Designed to LEED Silver Standard
Related External Links:
http://www.loyola.edu/department/studentlife/residencehalls/hillside
Designed as a centerpiece for a new south-facing Freshman Quad, this innovative 364-bed hall was based on a modified double occupancy layout which shared a bathroom between two suites. Each floor of the five-story building has two wings, each of which house approximately 30 students. The wings are joined by light filled central lounges and stairs to encourage social interaction and informal gatherings. The design included many study lounges, multipurpose classrooms, offices, a conference room, two staff apartments, laundry and vending areas. The site design included an amphitheater for outdoor classes, events or Masses, and an ample central lawn, which encourages students from this and the two neighboring residential halls to enjoy the spacious new outdoor area.
Built to LEED Silver standards, this brick veneer building is constructed of primarily local materials and features large energy efficient windows with sunscreens and light shelves to maximize daylight and views. It is topped off by a 20,000 SF green roof system. The building’s mechanical systems include a highly efficient geothermal heating and cooling system, low flow plumbing fixtures and energy efficient lighting. The site design included porous paving on walkways and a generous tree lined green space for the campus.
Kelly Vresilovic completed this project while a Senior Associate at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.
Location: Loyola University Maryland
Area: 51,000 GSF Sellinger School of Business
Client: Loyola University Maryland
LEED: Designed to LEED Silver Standards
Awards: AIA Philadelphia, AIA Pennsylvania, Golden Trowel Award, and Tucker Award
Organized around a tall slender atrium that connects all five levels, the Sellinger School reaches out to announce the University entrance with a dramatic glass facade. The narrow interior dimension creates a sense of intimacy while also emphasizing the high purpose of this vital academic institution. The building’s bridged interior sets aside ample space for impromptu gatherings, chance encounters and school-wide events. Bringing together all the Business School’s many faculty offices and classrooms, the success of the building lies in its ability to encourage the business students and faculty to intermingle and share academic information in a setting that nods to today’s open corporate work environments.
The building’s handsome stone mass defines the northern edge of the University’s main quadrangle, using the natural slope of the landscape to mitigate its scale; housing larger classrooms in the lowest level. The Sellinger School was the keystone piece of a complete restructuring of Loyola's central quadrangle and included a resurfacing of the adjoining Maryland Hall in matching local stone. Working with BCJ's master plan, the Sellinger addition pairs with a 21,000 GSF addition to the Knott-Donnelly Science Building that flanks the green’s southern edge, completing the enclosure of the quadrangle. Symbolically these buildings embrace the chapel, to which a beautiful stone forecourt was added. These interventions enhanced the chapel's position as the preeminent presence in the landscape reflecting the University’s Jesuit traditions.
Kelly Vresilovic completed this project while a Senior Associate at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.
Location: St. Mary’s College Maryland
Area: 7,900 GSF
Client: Maryland Department of General Services
Tenant: Historic St. Mary’s City Commission
LEED: Designed to LEED Silver
This unusual visitor center was built to both protect and interpret the existing remains of the plantation house built here in 1638. Part of a complex of buildings, the site was used to hold the first meetings of the newly formed Maryland legislature. Built to match an English manor house of the day, it’s unusual stone foundations have lasted through the years. The respectfully designed museum provides a historical vision of the original house and outbuildings in form and materials, as well as a large modern exhibit room in a high performance thermal envelope. A key component of the overall design was to embed the building into the rich cultural landscape at the water’s edge. Using a geothermal HVAC system on an innovative ducted concrete floor, the building was built with exposed structure but no exposed ductwork. Daylight floods the spaces and the materials were kept to a minimum to respect the site origins. Exterior campus electrical lines were buried and a new campus storm water pond set the stage for the reclaimed historic landscape by Michael Vergason Landscape Architects.
Kelly Vresilovic completed this project while a Senior Associate at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.