Groundswell Architects Spectrum Youth and Family Services

Spectrum Youth & Family Services

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			Conversion of an existing storefront in an historic building in downtown Burlington, Vermont, into a unique walk-in clinic for teenagers. Key objectives were to provide a facility with an inviting and informal atmosphere that would encourage troubled young people to stop in for services. Design features Curved shapes in polycarbonate plastic panels behind the storefront windows both attract attention and provide a screened waiting area. A copper painted curved wall acts as an organizing element. Use of low VOC paints, air-to-air heat exchange and compact fluorescent lighting were budget and healthy indoor air quality choices.