Project Type: Education

Senior Services Intergenerational Center for Arts & Wellness

Senior Services Intergenerational for Arts & Wellness

Workplace Architecture + Design has been working with Senior Services on the planning and
design of their new Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness since 2019. Planning and
research began on the groundbreaking facility by studying the benefits of intergenerational
connections and strategies to implement them within a facility. Centering around a new home
for the Elizabeth and Tab Williams Adult Day Center and a new preschool/childcare facility for
Family Services, the project has integrated a number of local partners to cohabitate within a
single one-of-a-kind facility to offer community programs that benefit older adults and younger
adults–providing services focused around arts and wellness, for a wholistic approach to health
and wellbeing.
The complexity of the project revolves around creating a cohesive facility with a number of
organizations operating harmoniously. Within the building is the Williams Adult Day Center,
Family Services child care, the Hispanic League, Novant Health, Winston-Salem State University,
Atrium Health Wake Forest-Baptist’s Sticht Center, Sawtooth School for Visual Arts, Second
Harvest Food Bank of NWNC, and others. The facility centers around the Main Street Concept,
which symbolizes the fact that all these partners are providing a community of services to
Forysth County residents. This is a city within a building.

The HUB @ Davidson College

The Jay Hurt Hub @ Davidson is a cutting-edge, LEED-certified facility that aims to both connect with and help build a vibrant Lake Norman-area technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship community. 

Located at the main entrance to the building and adjacent to the core elements, the Social Commons is where students, faculty, coworkers and technology tenants of the building will naturally gather for healthy beverages, hang out, and collaborate. Innovation depends greatly on the serendipitous interaction of entrepreneurs that will occur as users move through this central gathering zone. Connecting companies, community partners, and the college in a world-class collaborative space. 

The VanDeman Innovation Lab anchors the facility and supports the college’s primary uses. It serves as the home for the college’s innovation, entrepreneurship, and emerging technology programs. Included is this area are spaces like the innovation classroom for engaging students in real-world problem solving through the R+D ² Program and exploring digital learning R&D, and The Startup Alley- small, private collaboration spaces for students to work on long-term projects or start their next business venture. All of the spaces throughout allow for open collaboration that are flexible, modular, and tech-forward. The adjacent coworking space offers 15 private office suites and 36 open plan benching seats for local startups, freelancers and entrepreneurs as well as use by Davidson College students, faculty and alumni. The Hurt Hub will bring students, faculty, companies, and community partners together.

Phoenix Charter School

Workplace A+D served as the architect and lead point of contact providing full service Design Services from project initiation through completion.

Cornerstone Charter Academy

Workplace A+D (Workplace) served as Cornerstone Charter Academy’s Project Manager, establishing, monitoring and reporting to the Owner the performance of the overall design requirements, total project budget, schedule, and building commissioning plan for the projects to be executed at 7800 Airport Drive. Workplace coordinated with the Architect, General Contractor, and Owner’s Vendors  in the successful performance of the project based on Cornerstone Charter Academy’s criteria. The project included the following proposed sub-projects:

 • The renovation and adaptive reuse of a four-story 87,000 SF office building to be converted into K-12 Classroom space

 • The construction of a new 12,000 SF single-story gymnasium facility

 • The addition of athletic ballfields to the site master-plan

Wake Forest Innovation Center – BioTech Place

BioTech Place, a nearly 242,000 square foot building boasting a four-story-tall, curved glass atrium was designed to house scientist, researchers and students in the Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology from Wake Forest School of Medicine. Workplace A+D worked together with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Facilities Planning, and Design to develop a preliminary furniture budget, furniture selections, layouts, and bid package for the entire building. Furniture procurement consultation was also completed to ensure the success of the project.

Furman University 101 N Main

Furman University wanted an innovative space in downtown Greenville, SC. Workplace Architecture + Design completed the programming, architecture, interior design, and furniture specifications for this project. The space was designed for a variety of uses such as alumni gatherings, classrooms, flexible meeting space.

Elon University Admin Building

elon univeristy logo

Workplace Architecture + Design (Workplace) provided the Programming for Elon University’s downtown project. The project involved a new building owned by an outside developer as a mixed-use location with retail space on the ground level and office areas on the 2 to 3 floors above. Elon used the programming exercise to determine how to best utilize the available space and which departments may be best suited for relocation. In a second phase, Workplace A+D will provide architecture and Interior Design upfit documentation for the selected departments.

Summit School 75th Anniversary Exhibit

Workplace Architecture + Design worked with the Summit School of Winston-Salem, NC to design, budget and coordinate the vendor resources for an exhibit celebrating the 75th Anniversary year of the school. The exhibit was installed in the entrance corridor and intersecting corridor to the Main Offices Building. 

Wake Forest University Health Sciences Research Building A1 Furniture

Workplace A+D worked with Wake Forest University Health Sciences in coordination with the project architect to develop furniture layouts and space plan revisions for the office space in the Triad’s Newest Class A Lab building. Furniture standards were developed to maximize flexibility and inventory management while offering exceptional pricing through a structured bid process. Fabrics and finishes were selected in coordination with the building and presented for review by user groups and the Executive Committee for Health Sciences.