2017 KSS Capabilities

KSS ARCHITECTSCAPABILITIES 2017



CONTENTS 5 IDEAS AND WORK23 WHO WE ARE

IDEAS AND WORK

THE IDEAS THAT INSPIRE DESIGN ARETHE SAME IDEAS THAT DESIGN IMPACTS.

EXPERIENTIALCOMMUNITIESFrom home to work to school, our world is transforming into an innovative environmentwhere it is ever more vital to build what we value most. It’s beyond houses, beyond evenhomes—it’s experiential communities—places for life, work, learning, and more.LIFEPlaces for Feeling at home is about striking a balance between the individual and community—home is where the ritualThe power of the dynamic world we live in is of life happens, where a sense of placethe amount of engagement we experience on adaily basis. Experiences are memorable, personal, becomes a sense of belonging.sensational. The experience economy realizes thepower of engagement—people moving across &beyond communities. Building places to live thatharness the power of experience involves more thanproviding amenities—it’s crafting spaces and placeswhere people bring their dreams to collide—like a Design Element:co-working space for all aspects of life. COMMUNITYGreat places for life and living are environments SPACESwhere many diverse parts add up to a whole thattranscends them all. In designing places thatconnect, we offer families, entrepreneurs, students,and dreamers the magic of opportunity—placeswhere people self-organize into cohesivenetworks and craft emergent constellations Design Element:of growth and transformation. LIFESTYLE BRAND

Places for WORK How we work becomes the ultimate expression of how we live—To answer the question of WHERE and HOW we will interconnected and responsive to thework in the future, we must answer the question of wide spectrum of human needs.WHY we will work. As work aligns more and morewith purpose and workers become thinkers, doers, Design Element:and makers, the workplace is transformed into anexperience that brings ideas to life. In the past, we DAYLIGHTdesigned workplaces around processes—now, weare moving toward workplaces designed to fulfill thewide spectrum of human needs, providing us withchoice so we can embrace changes we experienceon timescales spanning minute-to-minute andyear-to-year.The future of work will hold a mirror up to ourindividual and collective identities, as we map ourexperiences on the world and blend life, work, andplay into an integrated lifestyle.How we work becomes the Design Element: Design Element:ultimate expression of howwe live—interconnected and BALANCING FOCUS CHOICEresponsive to the wide spectrum & COLLABORATIONof humanity—an extraordinaryenterprise where people cometogether to paint the world anew.Places for LEARNING Learners become leaders who are constantly reimagining society asThe future of education is embedded in student inclusive, cohesive networks of people,success—how students and life-long learners alike together navigating the wind, thenavigate discovery and transformation. We believe calm, and everything in between.that schools and learning centers are vital touchpoints in a learner’s experience—it is througheducation that we celebrate every entity’s inherentdignity and purpose and reshape our world andourselves to become that which we never beforethought possible.That the best way to nurture student success is to Design Element: Design Element:build a purpose-driven community. Communitiesare the connective tissue that enrich our collective NATURE IDENTITYlives, fuel the soul, and propel us forward. Designingspaces that enact purpose involves embracingsynergy, innovation, and opportunity to buildcommunity.



MANAGING CHANGEBY BUILDING TRUSTCASE STUDY: PRINCETONUNIVERSITY—701 CARNEGIETo manage change of place successfully, greattime and effort is invested to fully understandorganizational and individual needs—from workprocess to office preferences. This holisticapproach results in a built workplace that notonly pleases its inhabitants, but spurs creativity,productivity and enriches the overall quality ofwork life as it supports the organization’s mission.701 Carnegie is the address of PrincetonUniversity’s first off-campus administrationbuilding, housing seven previously dispersedInformation Technology departments and theOffice of the Treasurer. A relocation that was oncea dramatic change and cause for end user anxietyhas now become the cause of “701 Envy” for theremaining administration functions on campus.Working hand-in-hand, the ease of transition tothe new building and the success of its design canbe credited to both in-depth Workplace Strategyand extensive Culture Enhancement.WORKPLACE STRATEGYCollaboration—understanding that opencommunication and true partnership through theprocess facilitates changeExtensive change management exercises wereconducted to solicit employee buy-in, promote asense of ownership and ease the transition to thenew space. KSS worked with department teamsto understand the nuances of work process andpreferences. KSS also hosted Town Hall Meetingsto listen and learn, and created numerous mock-ups to aid in the visualization of the new space.Overwhelmingly, inquiry revealed that daylightbecame the most important element in the newbuilding, ultimately affecting the building’s workplacelayout in order to maximize daylight and views.

WORKPLACE STRATEGY University Archivist to locate photographic images of architectural elements of the campus. TheseInspiration—discovering key elements that converge images were screened onto glass panels installedto create a dynamic, thriving workplace within the office to complete the visual connection to campus. To further foster a sense of inclusion inSo significant was the call for daylight that KSS campus life, a conference center was incorporatedproposed a central core of offices, encircled by into the programming to draw additional Universityworkstations, windows, and exterior views. Glass departments to visit and use the new space.elements were incorporated into the workstationsto increase the sense of transparency. A “sacred CULTURE ENHANCEMENTzone” of daylight, and its daily movement, wasestablished, prohibiting the intrusion of any other Affinity—fostering a tangible sense of team andelement in that zone. The light became the common, belongingconnecting factor of the building. The centralstaircase became an additional beacon of light and Through the intricate process of planning, designing,connection, both literally and figuratively—a place to and building a new home, daylight revealed thesee and be seen. The width of the stairs and depth vital connections between the technology teamsof the landings promote impromptu interaction and and within the Treasury office that had beencollaboration, with easy access to coffee and break overshadowed by their previously incongruentareas. By intention and through design, the light workspaces. Inter and intra-departments reveled inof the central staircase transcends the building: their increased ability to catch up and collaborate,vertically, horizontally, and effusively. both professionally and socially—and to become a unified entity. Over the length of the project,CULTURE ENHANCEMENT feelings of ownership transferred from the old buildings to the new, generating pride and purposeIdentity—creating a sense of place and a physical, amid the new inhabitants and producing “701emotional connection to the organization Envy” among University counter-parts. By forging partnerships based on intensive listening, learningAlthough physically off-campus, 701 Carnegie and dialogue, KSS successfully brought about changeprovides a visual reference to the campus. The by building trust.Princeton University brand is extended by utilizingestablished color pallets and similar materialsof wood and stone. KSS also worked with a





CRAFTING A CULTURE-DRIVEN WORKPLACEFROM THE GROUND UPCASE STUDY: THOMAS JEFFERSONUNIVERSITY—DEPARTMENTOF INFORMATION SERVICES &TECHNOLOGYThomas Jefferson University is blazing its path tothe future by creating a dedicated and customizedspace for its new Electronic Health Records Team—which had yet to be hired, but already setting thetone for the University’s technological advancementvia innovation and functionality, collaboration andcreativity. The 30,000 sf space in Philadelphia isdesigned to accommodate multiple user groupsand accomplish many operational goals at once.Above all else, it must attract and retain the rightpersonnel to staff the department—becoming aworkplace of both comfort and inspiration. Drivingthe project ahead? The ambitious seven-month timeframe.KSS, melding input from the Jefferson IS&T teamand Epic Consultancy, came decision-ready to eachmeeting, identifying efficiencies and streamliningprocesses. The resulting designs and specificationsare astute yet agile—a combination of multi-disciplinary, open team areas and quiet, morepersonal spaces. A fluid, open floor plan that alsoaffords privacy. Specific program elements include avariety of conference and training rooms as well ashuddle pods, hotel stations, a genius bar and café.Broad brush strokes paint a flexible, expressive workspace, awash in natural light, generating a tangiblesense of modern thought and deed to complementthe department’s historic surroundings.

0 toFROM VISIONING KEY VISIONING200+ STUDY DESCRIPTORS: An intensive visioning study process resulted in keyPEOPLE IN 2 YEARS goals for the project—for it to become: EFFICIENT INNOVATIVE25+ - A second home, a place people looked forward to FRIENDLY experiencing FUNCTIONALCONSULTANTS WITH INTERACTIVETOUCHDOWN SPACE - A balanced juxtaposition of closed meeting spaces, COLLABORATIVE open meeting spaces, team areas, and designated PRODUCTIVE30,000 quiet areas. CREATIVE COMFORTABLESQUARE FOOT NATURAL LIGHTCONSOLIDATION OPEN& EXPANSION QUIET A YEAR LATER Today, when someone at TJU learns that an employee works in the IS&T space, they dependably say, “Oh, so you work at Silicon Valley?” IS&T is “bursting at the seams” in the 833 Chestnut building, considering taking over 5th floor space (in addition to their current 6th floor) space for expansion. Describing the offices as a place that creates a culture of engagement, TJU says that the department has impressively strong retention—even as it undergoes iterative transformation and expansion. Employees are enthusiastic about the office layout— they say it is a refreshing break from traditional hierarchies. The glass doors to private offices and mélange of opportunities for close collaboration balanced with quiet focus space yield descriptors like “accessible,” “transparent,” “convenient,” “comfortable,” “open,” “welcoming,” “clean,” and “energizing”. All in all, anyone who finds themselves in the new TJU IS&T offices will have an opportunity to explore a wide variety of ways in which they can inhabit and activate the space, express their individual identities, and come together to create a culture of collaboration.



PRINCETON UNIVERSITYTECHNICAL SERVICESTechnical Services provides technical processing– engaging the entire department in the designacquisition, cataloging, binding and record process, allowing them to control design decisionsmanagement–for the nearly 100,000 pieces that that were most critical to their productivity.Princeton University’s Libraries acquire each year. The result is a bright, quiet, and organized workTo support the ongoing renovation of Princeton environment that supported their transition off-University’s Firestone Library and to free up campus. A coffee bar and café give staff a place toadditional reader space within Firestone, KSS meet and relax. Administrative spaces and meetingevaluated options for moving the critical department rooms offer ample room for leadership and training.off campus. The University’s selection of 693 In the main work area, workstations surround aAlexander Road for Technical Services’ new home series of “cube” meeting rooms, offering space toprovided ample opportunity for the kind of light-filled have focused discussion and connect nationallycollaborative working environment they desired, but and internationally via tele- or video-conference.the move off-campus still provided challenges. KSS’ overall analysis of the Department’s workflowTo address the Department’s move concerns, KSS became the basis for improved shipping andheld a series of informational sessions aimed at receiving space and ample storage areas.Location: Princeton, New JerseySize: 18,650 sfFeatures: Office fit-out, Private offices, Workstations, Conference space, Storage, Shipping and receiving



PRINCETON UNIVERSITY INVESTMENT COMPANY22 CHAMBERS STREETBuilt in the 1950s, the former medical building at all levels in a central Investment Area with lowin downtown Princeton was ill-suited for the workstations that will foster collaboration andprofessional and modern office environment required awareness of work activities. The design gatheredby Princeton University Investment Company, which offices together to improve efficiency and addedoccupied three of the building’s five stories. areas for informal and formal interactions including a lounge, library and flex space.To begin the significant renovation andreprogramming of space, KSS Architects worked KSS designed the project to meet LEED Silverclosely with the University and building occupants Commercial Interiors requirements. The renovationto assess their workflow, ideal work environments, also updated building systems, including HVAC, toand plans for growth. The existing space segregated improve energy efficiency and installed new modernprivate offices, administrative staff, and workstations architectural finishes, furniture systems, and ITin a different wing, leaving little opportunity for infrastructure. KSS also coordinated constructioninteraction. KSS reorganized the floors into a modern phasing and helped identify swing space for tenants.and open work environment that integrated workersLocation: Princeton, New JerseyProgram: Off-campus Administration BuildingSize: 16,000 sfFeatures: Reprogramming, Reorganization, Offices, Workstations, Conference Space, Flex Space, Open Workstations, LibraryRecognition: Designed to meet LEED Silver-CI requirements







WHO WE ARE

WE BELIEVE THAT DESIGN CAN CREATEMEANINGFUL AND LASTINGCHANGE FOR OUR CLIENTS, OUR SOCIETY, AND OUR WORLD.

MEANINGFUL + LASTING CHANGE

KSS ARCHITECTS FIRM HISTORY EXPERTS KSS Architects is a full-service architecture, AT BUILDING BONDS BETWEEN planning, and interior design firm in Princeton, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PEOPLE, PROJECT, CLIENT, Since our founding in Princeton in 1983, KSS AND COMMUNITY Architects has matured, growing in size, abilities, and ambitions. KSS today has a staff of near 60 talented and dedicated design professionals passionate about creating built environments that stimulate commerce, learning, and community.WE THINK LIKE OWNERS GUIDANCE through the process RELATIONSHIPS that are lastingSTEWARDING ALL Our clients are leaders in the fields of business, We believe that deep human relationships are the RESOURCES industry, education, development, cultural and heart of all great architecture. We value building social impact. They call us their trusted advisor those relationships as much as the building of because we have honed a process of ideation, stone and steel. We are experts at building bonds built upon intensive listening, deep research, and between people and project, client and community. collaborative imagining. We think like owners, Our firm creates design solutions that facilitate stewarding all the resources of the project to the and celebrate these interwoven relationships, greatest return. We have earned the trust of our creating rich and rewarding communities. clients to lead them through challenges, manage the process, and exceed their goals with design DESIGN that inspires that inspires and execution that delivers. Architecture, when steeped in expertise INNOVATION in the intersections  and insight, can affect meaningful change— transforming the heart of the matter beyond We consistently use creativity to turn opportunity metal and mortar, into empowerment, creativity, into reality. We are relentless and fearless in knowledge and achievement. Thoughtful detail our reimagining of what places can be, creating embedded in a structure cultivates change -RELENTLESS IN REIMAGINING meaningful innovation that realizes many goals meaningful and lasting change.WHAT PLACES CAN BE at once. Although we face a world more complex than ever before, our inquisitive minds and deep expertise provide the unique ability to solve challenges with elegant, effective solutions that go beyond single paradigm design.

EDMUND P. KLIMEK AIA, NCARB KSS ARCHITECTS | PARTNERPROFESSIONAL MERITS Ed’s passion is the Architecture of Commerce, designing places that bring peopleNational Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) together in the grand endeavor of the economy. Working closely with clientsUrban Land Institute as both designer and trusted advisor, he has helped to create visionary placesArchitectural Consultant, LEED for Warehouse and for work and industry. Collaboration is the cornerstone of Ed’s architecturalDistribution Center; Adaptations Working Group, U.S. approach. He thrives in leading larges complex teams through a process drivenGreen Building Council by a dedication to exceptional design that draws upon the unique skills of all“Sustainability, Resiliency, Well Buildings.” NAIOP its members. Ed is an innovator in his field. His clients have invited him toCommercial Real Estate Conference Conversation Corner, speak at national corporate gatherings, he has been a frequent contributor atSeptember 2016. national industry conferences, he has lectured at MIT and other higher education“Building for Wellness.” NAIOP Development Magazine, institutions, and he has been a consultant to the United States Green BuildingSummer 2016. Council. Ed has been a partner at KSS since 2000 and has over thirty years of“Preserving Assets & Maximizing Investments: Emory and experience.Georgia Tech’s Library Service Center as a CollaborativeModel in Process-Focused Facility Design.” IFLA Library RELEVANT EXPERIENCEBuilding and Equipment Conference, August 2016.“Preserving Assets, Maximizing Investments.” SCUP Burlington Stores, New Headquarters, 1830 Renovation and AdditionSouthern Regional Conference, October 2015. Cabot Industrial Trust, Volkswagen of America,Inc., Regional Distribution Center“Green Industrial.” ARCHITECT Magazine, January 2011. Cultech, Inc., U.S. Headquarters“Empire Merchants North: Green Design for the End User.” Emory University, Library Service Center of Emory & Georgia TechDevelopment, Summer 2010. Empire Merchants North, Corporate Headquarters and Distribution Center“Bringing Productivity Back to Brownfields.” New Jersey Forsgate Industrial Partners, Coca-Cola Refreshments Distribution Facility,League of Municipalities, April 2009. Building S320-321“iPort 12: A Former Landfill Comes of Age.” Development, Forsgate Industrial Partners, Corporate OfficesSummer 2008. Forsgate Industrial Partners, Hyundai Motor Corporation, Distribution Center,“Greening of Industrial.” NAIOP’s Industrial Conference Building S139(I.con) presentation, Spring 2008. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Scandling Campus Center, Add. and Reno.“New Distribution Center for Mercedes Proves Big can be Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Stern Hall, Academic BuildingBeautiful.” Development, Summer 2004. Matrix Development Group, Bracco Diagnostics Inc., Headquarters Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, New Parts Distribution CenterACCREDITATION / LICENSURE New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Trenton HeadquartersAIA Panattoni Development Company, P/A Associates, iPort 12NCARB Princeton University, 701 Carnegie Center, Off-Campus Administration BuildingNJ, PA, GA, FL, IA, IL, SC, TX, ME Princeton University, West College Admissions Department, Renovation Prologis, Cranbury Business Park, Buildings 1- 8 Prologis, Elizabeth Seaport Business Park Prologis, Portview Commerce Center QPSI, Headquarters and Supply Chain Center for Excellence Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP), Book Storage Facility Rider University, Memorial Hall, Addition and Renovation Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Distribution Campus The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, West Quad Academic Building W.W. Grainger, Zone Distribution Center Warby Parker, Optical Lab and Northeast Production Facility Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Erdman Hall Department of Voice and Piano, Renovation EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture, University of Detroit

SHEILA NALL ASID, LEED AP KSS ARCHITECTS | PRINCIPAL, DIR. OF INTERIOR DESIGNPROFESSIONAL MERITS Sheila has more than 30 years experience designing corporate environments for companies and institutions throughout the U.S. Her design ability allowsIndustrial Commercial Real Estate Women, Inc. (ICREW NJ); her to see potential in all spaces, and to create beautiful, unique environmentsBoard Member, 2008-2015 that meet, and often exceed, her clients’ expectations. Her management abilityIndustrial Commercial Real Estate Women, New Jersey allows her to lead and collaborate with teams of coworkers, consultants and President (2011); President-elect (2010) contractors to complete complex and highly technical projects that delight andASID Lucille Morgan Award for Service to the Profession inspire her clients. Sheila believes that before her clients can benefit from herDuPont Design Award knowledge, she first has to learn much from and about them. Her dedication toGeorgia Chapter ASID: Design Award providing a listening ear and exemplary service has led to the creation of suc-National ASID Honorable Mention: Design Award cessful, functional and beautiful environments for a myriad of clients. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Allergan, Bridgewater Corporate Offices Archer & Greiner, P.C., Princeton Law Office Blank Rome LLP, Princeton Law Office Berlitz, Corporate Headquarters Renovation BioClinica, Carnegie Center Offices BioVid, Corporate Headquarters Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Princeton Law Office Burlington Stores, New Corporate Headquarters Christiana Care, Innovation Center Cornell University, President’s Office Suite Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration, Addition and Renovation Dechert LLP, Princeton Law Office Genmab, Inc., Expansion and U.S. Headquarters Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences, Bloomberg Hall Kean University, Center for Academic Success, Academic Building New Jersey City University, Business Development Incubator Princeton University, Aaron Burr Hall, Addition and Renovation Princeton University, Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, Addition/Renovation Princeton University, 701 Carnegie Center, Off-Campus Administration Building Rider University, Development Offices Rutgers University, Biomedical Engineering Building Rutgers University, Foran Hall Plant Bioscience Building Saul Ewing LLP, Princeton Law Office Saul Ewing LLP, Willmington Law Office Sparks, Philadelphia Corporate Headquarters, Renovation Sparks, SoHo Offices Thomas Jefferson University, Finance Office Renovations at The Curtis Center Thomas Jefferson University, Information Systems and Technology Offices The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Student Housing IV The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, West Quad Academic Building White and Williams, 7 Times Square Office EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Design, Magna Cum Laude, University of Cincinnati

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