Page is a powerfully imaginative and collaborative architecture and engineering firm: one that’s ready for today and designed for what comes next. We pair form with function, reason with emotion, and ideas with expert implementation. At Page, the potential of what’s possible is paired with the practicality of how to make it happen. Our purpose is designing places smarter, while improving the experiences of those who work, live, and learn in them. From thought to finish, Page experts—of all disciplines—see the big picture, figure the best way forward, and deliver solutions in inventive and amazing ways. Imagine that.
Page is a powerfully imaginative and collaborative architecture and engineering firm: one that’s ready for today and designed for what comes next. We pair form with function, reason with emotion, and ideas with expert implementation. At Page, the potential of what’s possible is paired with the practicality of how to make it happen. Our purpose is designing places smarter, while improving the experiences of those who work, live, and learn in them. From thought to finish, Page experts—of all disciplines—see the big picture, figure the best way forward, and deliver solutions in inventive and amazing ways. Imagine that.
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SUNY Polytechnic Institute Quad C Tenant Office Danfoss Silicon Power / Utica, New York
Think what’s possible
Page Serves The Following Core Markets:
Mission Critical Science / Technology
The sky’s the limit with exceptional design and teams that outperform expectations.
Imagine:
• Greater sustainability from the inside out.
• Inspiring workplaces people want to return to.
• Learning environments that attract world class students.
• Health centers designed to make care and lives better.
• Research centers that speed innovation from lab to life.
• Now you’re thinking... Let’s get to work.
Full-service, international architecture, engineering, and design leader
We pair the art and science of possibility with how to make it happen. Expect powerfully imaginative and collaborative architecture, engineering and design that makes you ready for today and what comes next. From thought to finish, Page experts—of all disciplines— think outside the box, figure the best way forward, and deliver solutions to complex projects in new, inventive and amazing ways.
This we believe. As agents for positive change, we are driven by the ideals we hold dear. In the delivery of our services, we are guided by three core values:
Page is known for their well-researched program-driven solutions aided by integrated multidisciplinary expertise and a strategic mindset. We bring global thinking and experience to bear on projects that build communities. Our portfolio reflects a commitment to visionary design, a record of innovation and fresh ideas and most importantly, demonstrated success with complex projects.
We develop a uniquely created design for every project that reflects the building type, client, need and location. We take pride in knowing that a Page project is one of the best possible solutions to the needs of its multiple stakeholders from owner to operator to neighbor.
ENGINEERING
Our in-house engineering experts lead development of the latest industry design codes and standards. Page engineers contribute to progress in safety, wellness, sustainability, energy and carbon neutrality, and increase our impact by working across disciplines. We use a combination of custom tools and Building Information Technology solutions to visualize and communicate how occupants and operations interface with complex integrated building and process systems. Adoption of advances in renewable energy, microgrids, Internet of Things and high-performance systems demonstrate our commitment to socially responsible design. Our multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and process engineering practice areas work collaboratively with design and construction partners to bring your concepts to reality.
The University of Oklahoma Biomedical Gallogly Hall / Norman, Oklahoma
INTERIORS
Page believes that well-designed interiors can be a critical force. They help clients accomplish their mission and improve the quality of people’s lives. Just like our interiors in our own offices, our clients’ interiors serve as positive, consistent visual reinforcements of their own cultural identity. By combining the skills of our interior designers with those of our architects, planners, engineers and visualization specialists, we offer our clients a range and quality of single-point responsibility found in a few other places. Our interiors services range from programming, space-planning and officing studies to the selection of furnishings, finishes and artwork.
PLANNING / URBAN DESIGN
We help our clients evolve, grow and prosper because our process is informed by research, cutting-edge technology tools and an appreciation for the unique culture of the people, organizations and places we serve. Our interdisciplinary team of master planners, urban designers, architects, landscape architects and programmers are dedicated to supporting the ongoing evolution of our urban areas, encouraging appropriate development and redevelopment suited to the particular conditions of each site we aim to transform. Through urban districts, institutional campuses, innovation districts, long range development plans, master plans, streetscapes and transit-oriented communities, our teams integrate the building blocks of community, sustainability and resilience into innovative solutions.
LAB PLANNING / DESIGN
Page specializes in challenging projects for demanding clients throughout the globe. Laboratory facilities are among the most intricate and complex projects. The unique challenges posed by highly toxic petrochemical corrosion labs, sterile environments for pharmaceutical manufacturing, biohazard high-containment suites and precise environmental control of animal laboratories are commonplace obstacles overcome by our dedicated technical team of architects and engineers every day. Page has specialists equipped with a thorough understanding of the safety standards and scientific equipment requirements foundational to the success of all laboratories.
BRANDING AND GRAPHICS
Our visual identity and experiential designers create brand identities and graphic designs that support how places and environments are experienced. The orchestration of 2-dimensional design work including typography, color, imagery, form, technology and, especially, content, forms this basis. Examples of this work include wayfinding systems, architectural graphics, signage, exhibit design, retail design and themed or branded spaces. We operate at the intersection of communications and the built environment. We provide architectural and placemaking visioning, and create overall design vocabularies that help clients hone in on the possibilities, character and nature of a project.
/ Technology
STRATEGIES / ANALYTICS
To support clients before and beyond traditional professional services, we have a dedicated strategies and analytics team that develops and employs a broad array of tools, techniques and processes to help our clients make informed project decisions sometimes before the nature of or need for a facility or real estate project is confirmed. Our team members collaborate with Page and consultant specialists to clarify goals, assemble information and evaluate alternatives. The team’s understanding of business dynamics and organizational complexities allows them to efficiently and effectively facilitate productive discussions and target research. Custom data exploration and visualization differentiate our deliverables that help bring clients and their stakeholders into the evaluation process.
BUILDING SCIENCES
Page approaches sustainable design through the interdisciplinary lens of building sciences to create higher-performing, healthier, more resilient buildings. As one of the first signatories of AIA 2030 Commitment, we are invested in leading the industry towards carbonneutral buildings and advocating for resilient solutions to help our clients prepare for the future. We believe that intention requires rigor and through our data-driven and integrative process, we collaborate early and often to ensure designs are informed by our building performance analysis informs design. With experience across a wide range of environmental certification systems, our multidisciplinary team is well qualified to provide a holistic and comprehensive approach to sustainable design.
COMMISSIONING
Page recognizes the level of investment and importance of facilities that function as designed from the day they open. Our Commissioning service provides a level of confidence to owners and operators as well as minimizes costly construction rework. This is accomplished through a collaborative process that includes the building owner, design professionals and the general contractor under the guiding hand of the Commissioning Authority. As a Certified Commissioning Firm, we adhere to exacting, providing our clients support construction quality. We perform Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing in accordance with NEBB standards. As an independent testing firm, we have no affiliation with general or installation contractors.
PROCESS ENGINEERING
Page process engineers work with industrial and high technology clients to develop industrial and chemical processes to support their manufacturing needs. Through our work with advanced technology clients, we have an acute sensitivity to the need for precision, accuracy and compliance with each client’s unique production needs. We work collaboratively with clients using a comprehensive programming process to understand their manufacturing flow and process requirements, and design systems that ensure safety and manufacturing standards are met or exceeded. Our team utilizes industry standard process flow diagrams, three-dimensional modeling software and instrument specifications to determine the needed infrastructure for successful facility and process design, and equipment installation.
Science / Technology Think beyond the bench
EXPERIENCE AND SERVICES
Biocontainment
Vivaria
Instrumentation
Cleanroom
Advanced Manufacturing
Laboratory Planning
Building Assessment
Data Analytics
Fabrication Workshops
1M+
Our lab planners program and design more than one million SF of specialized research space annually.
What’s your thing? Nanofabrication, planetary science, or biomedical engineering? Or is it unraveling the mysteries of nature, from the fundamental laws of physics to the intricate workings of the human brain?
Whatever your thing, we’re interested in the relentless pursuit of knowledge. Let’s explore how data-driven solutions and rigorous design thinking can shape everything from transdisciplinary research to high-containment facilities. How can we help you push the boundaries of what’s known, tackle society’s biggest challenges, and empower your purpose?
Corporate
Research and development design for unique corporate clients.
There is no “one-size fits all” solution when designing for corporate clients. Page’s specialists hone in on design factors that play a crucial role in their unique clients’ time-to market, authenticity, and consistency. Through benchmarking and innovative thought leadership, Page is pushing the envelope on maximizing staff safety and product success.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute Quad C Tenant Office Danfoss Silicon Power / Utica, New York
Valeo North American HQ and Thermal Systems / Auburn Hills, Michigan
Valeo is a French global automotive supplier headquartered in France with 186 production plants, 59 R&D centers, and 15 distribution platforms around the world. This facility brings five corporate divisions together under one roof and encourages team-oriented work. Extensive transparency throughout the building showcases Valeo’s technical and research capacities and promotes interdepartmental awareness and access.
The rectangular volume of the building is divided into conference facilities, engineering teams and testing laboratories. The latter two interlock in plan to encourage collaboration. Double height spaces with open stairs connect the two building levels. Throughout, light is treated as a shared resource.
The glassy exterior opens up the building to the landscape, while an oversailing canopy of sunshades protects against glare and solar heat gain. The most public façade displays a high-bay testing area containing custom manufactured equipment. The cafeteria overlooks a garden and the glass box lobby exhibits vehicles containing Valeo components.
Davis Brody Bond, a Page company resolved security concerns while maintaining overall transparency. Public and staff enter through a single point, and visitor conference rooms are located outside the secure employee zone. Where needed for acoustical privacy, glass partitions are double layered. Service loading has direct access to laboratories while confidential prototype vehicles are delivered to a black box holding area. Beta testing rooms along the east façade are clad in metal panels to match the module of the glass.
The facility’s custom, high-tech look was achieved with careful use of stock glazing systems and off-the-shelf construction components. This design strategy both addressed the project budget and allowed for a streamlined construction period.
Danfoss Silicon Power, along with Commissioner Howard Zemsky, welcomed their first employees to join the newly formed advanced power module production in Utica, New York. The technology will create smaller, faster, and more effective electronic devices that are expected to revolutionize the technology in solar and wind energy, data centers and future generations of electric and hybrid cars. Danfoss Silicon Power leased approximately 29,000 SF of cleanroom space in the Quad C in Marcy for 10-years. FSMC will spend up to $70 million to equip the cleanroom and SiC packaging tools and equipment, build out office and logistics space for Danfoss, and will also spend up to $30 million on central utility building support equipment an infrastructure to allow the cleanroom to function. The total NYS investment for this phase is $100 million. Danfoss will employ a minimum of 300 scientists, engineers and technicians to build the modules there. GE will provide R&D staff within the Danfoss leasehold area.
Planta Milenio is Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) 1.13M-square-foot facility devoted to the development, manufacturing, packaging, and shipping of blades and razors to distributors worldwide. The plant, located on a 100+ acre site, accommodates 3,000 people in three shifts. Planta Milenio is P&G’s first fully sustainable manufacturing facility in Latin America. Davis Brody Bond, a Page company and Arup worked together on a fast track program completing the project within two years.
The design process began with a programming exercise to define the process adjacencies. The technical aspects were challenging as the manufacturing process starts with raw materials: steel coils for the blade production and molten plastic to form the body of the razors. Raw materials are formed and assembled in the basic operations area. Once completed, blades and razors are moved into the pack center and packaged into plastic cases and processed for shipping. The integration of a flexible infrastructure enables the facility and the manufacturing process to adjust to newer technologies and production strategies. The central location of a spine through the basic operations area and the pack center allows for direct communication between production, facility management and testing labs. It was important to develop a friendly user experience without compromising functional capabilities; thus benefiting the staff and the seamless flow of products from raw material to packaging.
The main building houses a cafeteria, common areas, and gymnasium with showers. These common areas are easily accessible and connected to the manufacturing and packaging area through the central administrative office spines. A running path and soccer field are additional amenities. Planta Milenio was the recipient of an Architectral Record / Business Week Good Design is Good Business Award commending the facility for its commitment to the wellbeing of its staff.
In an extensive design firm competition, Page was 1 of 2 finalists for the planned new global headquarters to be located on the Fort Point Channel in Boston. Ultimately the project did not advance as anticipated, but Page team invested significant effort and conducted exhaustive research into site analysis, concept design development, exploration of integrated building systems, as well as inventive sustainability and resiliency strategies for this 11-story, high-tech complex.
Aspiring to achieve GE’s vision of the new campus as a global epicenter of innovation, Page advocated bold concepts worthy of the industry leader, and developed a distinctive design reflective of such a brand. Centered on a model of collaboration and fostering relationships, the building features a variety of spaces to facilitate interaction – between research groups, departments, industry partners, incubator start-ups, and community. The healthy, highperformance workplace includes amenities to attract employees in the competitive talent market, such as open air waterfront terraces on multiple floors, food venues, courtyards, landscaped green space with easy access to the Harborwalk and bike trails, as well as a General Electric museum for the public.
Valeo is a French global automotive supplier headquartered in France with 186 production plants, 59 R&D centers, and 15 distribution platforms around the world. This facility accommodates 700 staff in 110,000 square feet of manufacturing space and 70,000 square feet of laboratory/research and administrative spaces. The challenge here was to build a signature large-scale industrial building on a steeply sloped site next to the São Paulo-Rio highway.
Starting with an optimal structural grid, the building is divided into four longitudinal bands that begin to curve away from each other. The continuous galvanized metal surfaces this creates provide excellent drainage in tropical storms. Slicing the building into attenuated, sinuous volumes also generates an expressive profile that harmonizes with the surrounding hills. The varied heights of the volumes allow for natural light and ventilation, both reducing energy consumption and improving the working environment. Through careful positioning of programmatic areas and clever use of existing topography, cut and fill were equalized requiring no offsite trucking of soil.
The internal layout eliminates physical impediments to promote integration, collaboration and flexibility among departments (fabrication, laboratories and administration) and adapt to changes in technology and the industrial process.
Valeo is a French global automotive supplier headquartered in France with 186 production plants, 59 R&D centers, and 15 distribution platforms around the world. This technical facility in San Luis Potosi provides 201,000 square feet for design, fabrication and testing of electric automobile motor parts. The company asked Davis Brody Bond, a Page company for a building that reflected their leading-edge image and we responded with a dramatic and functional design that uses the strengths of the local construction industry to project hightech sophistication within a conventional budget.
The building’s most striking aspect is the structural masts and tension cables projecting above the roof and to the sides. This system produces a 245-foot column free interior span, allowing for total flexibility in production line layout. Elegant custom-designed structural connections make the most of the high-quality, affordable metalwork and welding available in Mexico. The premium for the cable structure was more than offset by the 10% area reduction afforded by the unobstructed factory floor.
Planning centered on three goals: ease of expansion, maximum flexibility and interdepartmental communication. All of these are satisfied by the modular structure and building systems, and the openness they permit. The building is sited along a major highway, and its memorable silhouette gives Valeo a very public and positive presence in the region. This design strategy both addressed the project budget and allowed for a streamlined construction period.
L’Oréal Cosmetics Industry Research Facility
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY
At a Glance
Project Size
280,000 Square Feet
Services Provided Architecture / Planning
Davis Brody Bond, a Page company’s competition-winning design for L’Oréal’s North American research flagship owes its strength to an exacting client, an intriguing program, a challenging site, and a highly motivated and capable team of architects and engineers.
We immediately understood that the critical project elements were productive work environment and appropriate client image and our efforts focused on these goals. The basis of the project is straightforward: a standard two-story structural bay tailored to accommodate research métiers and lab services on the upper level and support departments on the ground floor. These bays are laid out in three bars precisely long enough to accommodate the program. Our next move, though simple, vastly enhances user experience and architectural image: we bent and angled the bars to touch at areas of common program and spread apart to create landscaped courtyards. Both the public and private faces of the complex break away from the typical suburban box, instead presenting a dynamic, layered series of volumes.
The research building’s composition is enhanced by overall glass cladding that makes the three angled bars read as abstract objects in the landscape. We worked with the highly-regarded landscape architect Ken Smith on further integrating the site and building into a matrix of stripes, each serving a specific program such as parking, foliage buffer zones, staff terraces, and a retention pond. The overall effect is svelte and stylish, but also lucid and enduring — very much in line with L’Oréal’s corporate persona.
Some seven hundred people will work in the completed building and we will provide a welcoming environment for all of them. Each department is given an identity and has easy access to shared support and social spaces. The primary building circulation is lined with lounges and conference areas to foster communication between product groups and create new possibilities for exchange of ideas.
