Health Non-Conforming

Health Non-Conforming is a 15,000 SF LGBTQ+ Health and Wellness Center located downtown in Chicago's Loop neighborhood. This clinic specializes in Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) Healthcare and Wellness. Its entire purpose is to address the institutionalized transphobia that plagues our healthcare industry. TGNC individuals, disproportionately black TGNC individuals, especially black trans women experience discrimination in many societal forms and have been on record losing their lives due to a complete and purposeful lack of healthcare services, often in the form of denial of care. (See the case of Tyra Hunter, 1995) Health Non-Conforming aims to prevent any more tragedy and offer a safe, welcoming, and gender-affirming healthcare facility to all residents in and around Chicagoland.

(The case of Tyra Hunter, 1995)

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CAFE - LOCATED IN THE GUEST LOUNGE, THIS CAFE SERVES TO ENSURE A COMFORTING EXPERIENCE, DISCONNECTING THE EXPERIENCE OF VISITING THIS CLINIC FROM THE PRESSURE MANY TGNC INDIVIDUALS FEEL ENTERING OTHER HEALTHCARE SITES. (REVIT+ENSCAPE)

The concept for the design is the Freeform Human Body. The design values architecturally free forms and materials, and celebrates the freedom of thinking outside of four solid, rectilinear walls.

CONCEPTUAL

DRAWINGS

RECEPTION - CHECK IN POINT; GUESTS EXIT THE ELEVATOR ON FLOOR 12 AND ARE GREETED BY A FRIENDLY RECEPTIONIST WHO WILL CHECK THEM IN AND DIRECT THEM THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. (REVIT+ENSCAPE)

GUEST LOUNGE - THE LOUNGE FEATURES A LONG MODULAR SOFA THAT OFFERS A COMFORTABLE PLACE TO SIT. YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO GRAB A BAR STOOL AT THE CAFE BAR AND HAVE COFFEE THERE WHILE YOU WAIT. (REVIT+ENSCAPE)

GUEST LOUNGE - FOUR ELEVATIONS: N, S, E, W (REVIT+PHOTOSHOP)

OVERLOOKING GUEST LOUNGE/CAFE - THE LARGE MURAL IS A PIECE BY CHRISTINA QUARLES, A QUEER ARTIST WHO LIVES AND WORKS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. HER WORK CELEBRATES THE HUMAN BODY AND CONFRONTS THEMES OF RACIAL AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES, GENDER, AND QUEERNESS. (REVIT+ENSCAPE)

GUEST LOUNGE - THIS IS A 360 PANORAMA; DRAG THE CURSOR TO EXPLORE! (REVIT+ENSCAPE)

NURSE STATION - BRIGHT COLORS, FREEFORM MATERIALS, AND CEILING-SUSPENDED BAFFLES LEAD THE WAY THROUGH THIS SPACE, CONNECTING THE PRIMARY EXAM ROOMS TO THE NURSE STATION FOR EASY ACCESS AND ATTENTION. (REVIT+ENSCAPE)

PRIMARY EXAM CORRIDOR - THIS CORRIDOR HOUSES FIVE PRIMARY EXAM ROOMS. THE SLIDING BARN-STYLE DOORS ARE 9' - 6" AND CELEBRATE MORE OF CHRISTINA QUARLES' BREATHTAKING ARTISTRY. (REVIT+ENSCAPE)

NURSE STATION/EXAM CORRIDOR - THIS IS A 360 PANORAMA; DRAG THE CURSOR TO EXPLORE! (REVIT+ENSCAPE)

PRIMARY EXAM ROOM - THIS EXAM ROOM FEATURES CUSTOM 1/2" FELT-COVERED WOOD PLANKS SITUATED AS FLOOR-TO-CEILING BLINDS THAT OFFER PRIVACY TO OUR PATIENTS, WITHOUT SACRIFICING TOO MUCH NATURAL LIGHT. (REVIT+ENSCAPE)

ADMINISTRATION - WHILE MANY DON'T PUT IN TOO MUCH DESIGN EFFORT, ADMINISTRATION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AREAS OF THE CLINIC. THESE EMPLOYEES WORK LONG HOURS AND DESERVE A WELL-DESIGNED, PRODUCTIVITY-FORWARD SPACE IN WHICH THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE. (REVIT+ENSCAPE)