LOCATION
Los Angeles, CA
PROJECT TYPE
Interim Housing with Psychiatric Recuperative Care Services
Interim Housing with Psychiatric Recuperative Care Services
CLIENT
County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services/Housing for Health
County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services/Housing for Health
PROJECT SIZE
6,000 SQ FT
6,000 SQ FT
40 Bed Recuperative Care
Inclusive of exam rooms, consult offices, administrative offices, medical laboratory, client foyer, and staff respite areas.
PROJECT STATUS
Completed in 2021
Completed in 2021
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Located in Hacienda Heights, California, this facility expanded Wesley Center’s Health Care services to an underserved area, delivering dignified health care to the community. The health clinic included soothing colors, spacious consult and exam rooms and met OSHPD 3 standards.
PERCH ROLE
FEASIBILITY +
ASSESSMENT
- Listen and learn from stakeholders
- Define program requirements and end user priorities
- Draft project schedules and milestone timelines
- Align and optimize funding resources
TEAM
CONSOLIDATION
- Develop the project team and empower existing team
- Identify and vet consultants
- Support funder, donor and board conversations
- Calibrate expectations for project with local officials and across agencies
- Elevate pro-bono partners and material donations
Design +
Visioning
for Program
- Align desired outcomes with built environment
- Direct space and functional programming for human centered design
- Guide interior design, furnishings and finish specification
- Provide technical assistance for pre-development, design, bidding and construction phases
- Collaborate with architect, MEP, CASp, ADA, and environmental experts
Project
Management
- Manage contracts
- Inform project changes, value engineering and risk mitigation
- Navigate cooperative engagement between primary stakeholders
- Oversee budget and pretend we’re spending our own money
- Coordinate scheduling
COLLABORATORS
IN THE NEWS
Awards
- AIA Innovative Solutions