The first floor of the Harmony House consisted of the Sandwich Shop and the Office spaces, as well as a Group Meeting room and Reception area. I found this to be very challenging to find a successful way to layout the spaces - the building is very narrow and the required square footage of each space was fairly large. To avoid skinny rooms with long corridors that took up much needed space, I decided to locate the sandwich shop near the stairwell with the elevator so that the kitchen that is located below would have easy access to the sandwich shop. I located the Harmony House office on the opposite side of the building. In doing this, I have successfully created an open floor plan and limited the use of corridors that would eat the space. The one hallway that is used on the first floor is to give the bathrooms privacy.
The second floor consisted of the bedrooms, bathrooms, and common area. We also had the option to add additional rooms if we had the extra space.
For the second floor I located all of the bedrooms (6) against the wall with the windows to allow for natural sunlight. On the opposite side of the hallway I located the bathroom, showers, and counselor station for easy access. I had extra room on the second floor so I created two additional spaces for a gym and an art room, which I think will be of great value to the teenagers living on the floor to relieve stress in healthy ways.
