HGA Happenings: July 2024

The new Monument Drive Commuter Parking Garage and Transit Center in Fairfax County, Virginia, is now open. Designed by HGA, the transit center aims to enhance commuter comfort, reduce traffic congestion, and promote sustainable mobility. The state-of-the-art facility features eight levels of parking, a bus transit center, indoor and outdoor bicycle storage, and introduces “slugging” for ride sharing. Visible from the nearby interstate, the facility includes a glass canopy, steel triangular composition, and a glass stair elevator tower, seamlessly blending into the environment with an emphasis on user safety and landscape integration. This includes prioritized tree preservation and new plantings, creating a park-like ambiance. The facility will support county events, has a shared-use path, and includes numerous sustainability elements like Parksmart Silver Certification, 75% NetZero energy consumption, solar arrays, a green roof, and 40 EV chargers. Ensuring an integrated, high-quality, and visually appealing experience, the facility features captivating lighting transforming its appearance after dark, setting it apart from typical parking structures. Learn more here. 

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals’ new headquarters in San Diego will provide essential space for the clinical-stage pharmaceutical company to expand its world-class in-house R&D capabilities, supporting its commitment to developing innovative therapies for individuals with endocrine diseases and endocrine-related tumors. The two-story, 92,430-square-foot facility will also accommodate Crinetics’ growing workforce, aligning with the company’s goal to hire 100 new employees in 2024. Designed by HGA, the headquarters features flexible, customized labs, offices, and collaboration spaces, along with amenities such as a gym, outdoor areas, and a communal pub. The project is being constructed in multiple phases, with phase one completed early this year and phase two expected to finish this summer. This new facility will significantly enhance Crinetics’ efforts in endocrine drug therapy research, development, and commercialization. Read more here. 

The Center for Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is now open. Designed by HGA, the new outpatient clinic offers a reimagined patient and provider experience in a cutting-edge facility for the leading cardiovascular services provider in Massachusetts. HGA’s design team, along with the Design Insight Group and hospital stakeholders, developed a comprehensive patient care model to accommodate treatment and testing needs for over 5,000 patients per year. The clinic includes exam rooms and specialized spaces for echocardiograms, stress tests, ultrasound, and infusion treatment. The design features warm and welcoming shades of blue, purple, and beige. A contemporary ceiling feature in the waiting area, with organically shaped and naturally patterned lighting, creates a soothing and calm environment for patients and their families. Read the full story here. 

HGA’s team was honored to participate in the renaming of Minneapolis, Minnesota’s historic Federal Office Building. Constructed in 1915, the landmark originally housed the post office and federal court and has since served various functions. Today, it is home to passport offices, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Recently renamed the Paul D. Wellstone Federal Building, it honors the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, carrying on his legacy of “standing up for the working people.” HGA collaborated closely with the General Services Administration staff to design a new building sign and corner address signs, reflecting the building’s Romanesque architecture and materiality. The monument sign features granite with bronze lettering and fluted granite edges, echoing the fluting on the building columns. An engraved quote by Paul Wellstone completes the sophisticated design: “We all do better when we all do better.” Learn more here. 

Graco’s new addition to their existing facility in Anoka, Minnesota will double the building’s manufacturing footprint marking a significant expansion for the worldwide leader in fluid handling products. A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the completion of the HGA-designed addition and renovation. The new facility will house Graco’s Lubrication Equipment Division including enhanced fabrication space, offices, testing labs, meeting rooms, cafeteria, and a video studio. The new manufacturing space is designed to be flexible to Graco’s changing needs over time, while the labs and meeting spaces will expand Graco’s training capabilities for both internal staff and external customers. The new video studio will provide Graco’s marketing team with a customized space to develop content showcasing their products. The building addition ties seamlessly with the existing facility and includes features that supplement the employee experience, like an exterior patio, flexible meeting areas, and natural lighting throughout the factory, offering numerous opportunities for staff to connect. Learn more here. 

HGA collaborated with Children’s Hospital New Orleans and the Ryan Seacrest Foundation in the design of a new Seacrest Studios for pediatric patients to explore radio, television, and new media. Walker’s Imaginarium, a child enrichment center planned for the hospital’s main campus in partnership with Kids Join the Fight, will host the first Seacrest Studios in the Gulf South and the only one in Louisiana. When complete, the glass-walled studio will be on the ground level of Walker’s Imaginarium and feature a DJ desk for interviewing special guests, a motorized green screen allowing patients to create and edit videos, and a “Wall of Fame” photographic display of celebrity guests and patients. The studio will connect live to the hospital’s inpatient rooms and virtually to other Seacrest Studios nationwide. The studio provides a creative outlet and a positive distraction to enhance healing for children receiving care at the hospital. Read more here.