Prize(s) Winners in Healthcare Lighting
Company Cline Bettridge Bernstein
Lead Designers F. Bettridge, M. Salzberg, R. Gallo
Architecture Company Stephen Yablon Architecture
Client Planned Parenthood New York
Photo Credits Michael Moran/OTTO
Completion Date November 2016
Project Location Queens, NY, USA
Entry DescriptionThis project tells the story of a design makeover that turned a former storage warehouse into a modern, welcoming women’s health center. Our mandate was to create a lighting scheme that, despite a modest budget, would transcend an institutional design. Lighting was a central element of this transformation.
Using the building’s generous new windows as inspiration, the design calls upon coves and skylight-type fixtures in select spaces to amplify the sense of a light-filled setting. LED light coves in bold colors punctuate a pristine, white interior. These colorful elements work with signage and furnishings to support way-finding and spatial organization. The design embodies a youthful spirit, representative of the center’s clientele.
A thoughtful use of LED sources met the project’s budget while also achieving a 5% energy savings beyond the stringent limit of .90 Watts per square foot. Light, color, and architecture are woven together in an environment that is graceful, friendly, comfortable, and thoroughly contemporary. The organization’s president proclaimed the facility’s design their “North Star,” destined to guide and serve as a model for the future.
Company DescriptionCline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design (CBB) is dedicated to enhancing the grace, utility, and comfort of architectural spaces with light. The 17-person firm is certified as a Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) - locally by NY State and NY City, and nation-wide by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
CBB provides architectural lighting design services for buildings and sites of every type, size, and architectural style. This portfolio encompasses celebrated sites around the world.
