Brooklyn medical center renovated by RPS.RPS rps abbr. revolutions per second Consulting Corp., a design and construction firm, recently completed the expansion and overall renovation of an existing facility for the King's Bay Medical Center to provide a full-service medical center for the community. The $380,000 project will enable the King's Bay Medical Center to provide x-rays, mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her , blood analysis, physical therapy, overall medical examinations and treatment for patients of diverse age and ethnicity in the King's Bay community. Through RPS Consulting's innovative design and construction performance, the center was able to upgrade and expand its existing facility to develop a welcoming structure on a conservative budget and in a short period of time. "Because the site is on a busy corner on Avenue U in the Marine Park section of Brooklyn, we designed the structure to serve as a positive addition to the landscape of the community as well as convey a strong professional medical image," explained Peter Franck, a principal in RPS Consulting. "We also incorporated many unique design and construction techniques to create a comforting atmosphere, overcoming zoning and design challenges." Zoning ordinances required that all medical functions had to be placed on the basement level, three feet below grade. In order to avoid a dank dank adj. dank·er, dank·est Disagreeably damp or humid. See Synonyms at wet. [Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin. cellar feeling, RPS Consulting designed an exterior using a variety of glazing Glazing The application of finely ground glass, or glass-forming materials, or a mixture of both, to a ceramic body and heating (firing) to a temperature where the material or materials melt, forming a coating of glass on the surface of the ware. materials to introduce light into the exam rooms. They also cut away part of the floor of the existing building in order to double the height of the waiting room. The horizontal glass banding of the facade and dynamic wedge at the point of the triangular site creates a whimsical whim·si·cal adj. 1. Determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice. See Synonyms at arbitrary. 2. Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability: a whimsical personality. appearance which grabs the eye of motorists and pedestrians travelling along the commercial thoroughfare THOROUGHFARE. A street or way so open that one can go through and get out of it without returning. It differs from a cul de sac, (q.v.) which is open only at one end. 2. Whether a street which is not a thoroughfare is a highway, seems not fully settled. of Avenue U. It also allows the existing building to function as a transition from the residential block of Bragg Street, where one enters the Medical Center. "From the interior, the banding provides subtle variations of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color , transparency and translucency," Franck said. "This infuses the space with natural light and gives the office a warm, open and inviting feeling." RPS Consulting designed and built the entire 800 square-foot new building extension, along with the 1,500 squarefoot renovation - on budget and on time. RPS Consulting, founded in 1987, specializes in the design and construction of commercial and residential space around the New York Metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. . Recently, RPS Consulting undertook the construction of Sun Studios, a photography studio in Manhattan, and the renovation of the Cancer Prevention Research Institute in Manhattan. |
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