Youth Villages - Shelby Oaks

  • Architecture
    Interior Design
    Programming
    Signage Design
    Site Planning

  • Adaptive Reuse
    Carbon-Sequestering Biogenic Material
    Habitat Restoration
    Heat Island Effect Mitigation
    Low Maintenance Materials
    Reclaimed Building Materials

  • Completed March 2020

  • Memphis, Tennessee

Renovation of an existing office interior to increase open space, support collaborative culture, and bring in natural light along with bright and textured materials.

The client - a non-profit organization that helps children with emotional, mental, and behavioral challenges - was ready to update the interior architecture of the building they had been operating within for over two decades to give their associates a better working environment. The result is a more open office space with views to the exterior throughout the entire area. Solid walls at the offices along the exterior walls on the first and second floors were replaced with glazing to allow natural light to flood the interior spaces. Bright colors emphasized the inner open office spaces. In the lobby, a large table sits under a glazed atrium for remote caseworkers and visitors to land while waiting for meetings, while the reception desk has been pushed deeper into the interior freeing up the rest of the space. Screens made from wood slats give the lobby a warm, tactile background that helps articulate layers and define the programmed areas: the table, the ramp, and the desk. Strategic design decisions were made to provide the greatest impact within the non-profit’s very modest budget.

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