Hosel Rockets Golf & Whiskey Lounge in Waterford, Michigan

BASIC DESIGN and our engineering team completed A/E services for the conversion of a vacant Rite-Aid store in Waterford, Michigan. The 11,000 sq ft store and pharmacy is now a restaurant, lounge and golf simulator.

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Existing Photos:

After (interior design by Hosel Rockets)

Hansen's Hall in Oak Park, Michigan

BASIC DESIGN was the architect for the renovation of this existing building on Nine Mile Rd in Oak Park.

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Autism Comprehensive Care Center

At the Oakland County Government Campus - it is groundbreaking day for Easterseals MORC and their 16,900 sq ft Autism Comprehensive Care Center!

Resorting to the Resort Model

Modern resorts provide excellent inspiration that can be implemented when considering the design of new rehabilitation facilities. Although checking into a resort and a rehabilitation facility happen under very different circumstances, they share similar levels of complexity of staff and service flow, guest needs and service requirements.

Entrance and Lobby at WellBridge of Clarkston

From arrival at the main entry through registration, the interior environment designed using the resort model can transform both the image of a rehabilitation facility and the resident’s experience during their stay. The analogy between rehab and resort is strong when you acknowledge the parallels. Guests check in, stay in a guest room, schedule therapies, relax in gardens, and go to cafés and dining rooms. Guests are on property for a week or two and return home, feeling invigorated. The Resort Model provides spa services, a hair salon, massage therapy, a coffee house and lounge, outdoor gardens and terraces with views to nature, all in addition to physical and occupational therapy suites.

Lobby and Gallery at WellBridge of Grand Blanc

By branding a concept and marketing an experience that sharply contrasts with the traditional medical model rehab facility, additional revenue generation can be achieved. The Resort Model rehabilitation facility is a desired destination rather than a medical necessity between hospital and home. For the guest experience, caregivers have an ability to provide services to guests in an environment based on relaxation and retreat while facility owners obtain a strategic method to differentiate their operations and philosophy of care from competitors.

Sitting porch at MediLodge of Montrose

A new 39-Bed Skilled Nursing Facility in Saginaw, Michigan.

This existing building at the Wellspring campus in Saginaw, Michigan is set to be renovated and converted to a new 39-Bed Skilled Nursing Facility. The project budget is approximately $5.5M. BASIC DESIGN will be the architect.

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Architectural Design in the Era of COVID-19

At BASIC Design, we are studying ways to help mitigate the effects of COVID-19 in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living Facilities and other senior care and senior living environments. Each environment is unique, and every situation has its own complexities. But we believe that we can assist every owner, administrator and care team with an approach that is appropriate for their community. Below are topics that may help to begin a discussion with you.

WHERE TO BEGIN

• Facility Review – Identify potential issues

• Categorize/Prioritize – Plan of Action

• Develop Solutions – Identify products, systems, materials, configurations, evidence based architectural interventions

• Implementation – construct renovations, purchase/install products, equipment

• Follow-up – Update/revisit with new data, testing and protocols

EXISTING FACILITIES

• Range from simple to more complicated architectural interventions to minimize the spread

• Visible interventions to instill confidence

• Incremental plan to keep updating elements as is possible

• Add hand washing and sanitization capacity

• Study ingress/egress

• Path of travel analysis

• Signage and wayfinding

NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ADDITIONS

• Design for safer interactions and not social isolation

• Make facilities safer for all occupants and users

• Integrated UV-C light ventilation and circulation systems

• Add hand washing and sanitization capacity

• Signage and wayfinding

• Private Rooms with space for seating and dining - SUITES

• Touchless fixtures, doors, systems

WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT AND UPCOMING REGULATIONS:

• CMS regulations and State Regulations

• Fire/egress Implications

• CDC Guidance

• Evidence Based Design Solutions

RESIDENT ROOM DESIGN (RETRO FIT AND NEW CONSTRUCTION)

• Social distancing/separation

• PPE in room? Storage and Disposal? Gloves on/off?

• Hand washing/sanitation at optimal locations

• Telemedicine added in room? Portable?

• What can be done to (temporarily) to improve safety of semi-private rooms (where all private rooms are not available/not feasible at this time)

TOUCHLESS ENTRY

• Automatic door hardware retro fit

• Antimicrobial metal finish

ACRYLIC GUARDS/PANELS

• Identify most effective/durable products

• Local fabricator connections

SURFACES/MATERIALS

• Upholstery fabric selections

• Door handles

• Handrail surfaces

• Wall finishes

• Special antimicrobial paints/wallcoverings

HVAC

• Negative pressure rooms

• Retrofit

  • What does it take, how expensive?

  • What has to be introduced, architectural modifications or access needed to be provided?

  • Temporary / “Makeshift”

  • Walls to deck

  • HEPA filter machine

  • Seals on doors

  • Window panel with flex duct venting

• New Construction

  • What does it take, what is budget added expense

  • Door seals or undercut doors?

  • More/additional RTU’s , roof pit locations

• Other Options - less than negative pressure

  • Min. CMS/State regulations – future regulations

  • System options and idea of budget numbers

  • Provide UV-C ligoht in ductwork for pass-by air decontamination

DIETARY/FOOD

• Dining Room acrylic shields on tables

• Social distancing furniture layout, and propose supplemental dining locations

• Safe food delivery and disposal in main dining and supplemental dining

Animation Example

This is an example of an animated video for a project concept at a senior care facility in Michigan.

MSU Detroit - under construction!

Construction is progressing quickly at MSU - Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation. This is a former Detroit Public Schools site on the West Side of Detroit.

This is the concept rendering. More here.

Introducing BASIC DESIGN!

Introducing BASIC DESIGN!

Architects Kevin Boyle and John Savitski are proud to announce the opening of their new Detroit-based firm called BASIC DESIGN. After many successful years with JW Design, we transitioned our knowledge and staff to a new location with a new name. We carry forward professional design services and the creative energy it takes to bring a project to successful completion. And we continue our work with expert consulting teams who know the ins and outs of complex commercial projects.

Specialized expertise

Our designers specialize in residential, commercial, hospitality, senior care and senior living projects. We have an acute focus on efficient unit design optimized for constructability and waste reduction. Our niche in the senior care and senior living market ranges from groundbreaking new concepts to modest renovations and additions -- and everything in between.

We have high expectations for your project

BASIC DESIGN conceives demographically driven and artistically considered project solutions. Our focus is to clearly and completely identify the project’s end user needs, aspirations and goals. We design appropriate, creative, technologically forward-thinking, energy efficient projects.

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