Lamprich Center

Alexander Jermyn Architecture

ARCHITECTS
Alexander Jermyn Architecture

PHOTOS
Lucas Fladzinski Photography (12)

AREA
10,000 Sqft - 25,000 Sqft

BUDGET
$5m - 10m

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Willits, CA, United States

TYPE
Government + Health › Medical Facility

The Lamprich Center is a 16,000 square foot, ground up medical office building, designed and constructed on a 12 month fast track schedule.

The project’s rural site, adjacent to a new regional hopsital required the building layout to accommodate its interior clinical program as well as connect to the surrounding Medical Campus.

The building houses a Rural Health Clinic, Rehabilitation Clinic, Retail Pharmacy and administrative offices for the Campus administrators.

The building form was simplified to address both its context and the organization of the plan.

Emphasis was placed on long, horizontal lines, designed to accentuate the rolling topography of the site.

Component repetition, characteristic of modular construction, was embraced as an opportunity to reinforce programmatic elements and activate the building’s facades.

Rhythmic vertical bands complement the horizontality of the building form. Fenestration within these bands reinforces the relationship between interior and exterior.

Adaptations to design precepts of modularity and repetition were carefully curated to minimize expense, accelerate the building process, and create a spatial and visual language for the project.

Cedar-clad openings signal principal entrances and encourage intimacy at the pedestrian level while strategic moments of raised ceilings and skylights illuminate the interior.