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Michael Graves Design creates "visually appealing" medical furniture for CVS

American studio Michael Graves Design has created a collection of home healthcare products for a major US pharmacy that is meant to "enhance people's lives with moments of joy".

The collection, called CVS Health by Michael Graves Design, features six items that fall into one of two categories – mobility or bath safety. The products include a shower chair designed to look like real furniture and a foldable walker.

CVS Health by Michael Graves Design is a range of accessible products for the home

Michael Graves Design, which was founded by AIA Gold Medal-winning architect Michael Graves, began the design process with a research phase that included interviews and in-house observations with users, caregivers and clinicians.

That research informed the design of the final products, which are intended to be both attractive and highly functional – a rarity in the world of home medical equipment.

Michael Graves Design created the collection for the popular US pharmacy chain

"We are reinventing the home healthcare category with products that are research-insight driven, visually appealing, full of character and purpose, and that enhance people's lives with moments of joy," said the New Jersey-based studio.

The products help elevate the "quality and dignity that consumers should expect", said design principal Donald Strum.

"We are thrilled by the collaboration and the powerful change it will bring to disabled people, elders and the people who provide care for all of us."

The range can be divided into mobility and bath safety products

Among the bathroom products is a shower chair that converts to a stool. It features a rustproof aluminum frame, a contoured seat that wicks away water, a removable backrest, and a built-in holder for a shower sprayer.

The Convertible Shower Chair & Stool is designed to mimic "actual furniture", and to blend with contemporary bathroom finishes and materials.

The Convertible Shower Chair & Stool has a rust-proof frame

The bath line also includes a 3-in-1 Comfort Commode that is suitable for a bedroom, living room or bathroom. It includes swing-away armrests and an extra-wide lid that enables the piece to be used as a chair.

Also in the bath line is the Raised Toilet Seat with a quick-locking mechanism that enables it to be connected and removed without the use of tools.

Raised Toilet Seat has a quick locking mechanism

For the mobility line, the team conceived the Easy Fold Travel Walker. This has two wheels and a grip that angles down toward the front, helping improve the user's posture and wrist comfort. Other features include integrated brakes and easy height adjustment, along with a foldable design.

"Its unique centre column chassis looks cool, and also facilitates easier fold, better balanced carry and easier storage," the team said.

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The other mobility aids are the C Grip Cane, which has a crescent-shaped handle, and the Folding Cane, which is easy to store and has magnets that keep it securely folded up.

In addition to being lightweight and height adjustable, both canes feature square-shaped shafts made of aluminium and two interchangeable feet. They are offered in several colours.

Easy Fold Travel Walker is a foldable zimmer frame

The healthcare products align with the spirit of Michael Graves Design, which was founded in 1964 by Graves, who died in 2015 at the age of 80.

In addition to noted architectural works such as Oregon's Portland Building, Graves designed mass consumer products for companies such as Alessi, Target and JC Penney.

The two canes in the collection are made with aluminium shafts

After Graves became paralysed in 2003 due to an infection, he adapted his Princeton, New Jersey, home for life in a wheelchair.

Graves became an advocate for accessible design and created related products, such wheelchairs and hospital furnishings. His aim was to improve healthcare and the caregiving experience through design.

They both come in a range of colours

"Michael became a passionate voice among the disabled and used the power of design to improve healthcare experiences for patients, families and clinicians," his firm said.

CVS – one of the top American pharmacies – said it selected Michael Graves Design because it was a "design for all" pioneer that was "uniquely qualified to design transformative home healthcare products".

Other medical products include Flow X by Pearson Lloyd, a stairlift for the home that is meant to be aesthetically appealing, and a lightweight wheelchair by Phoenix Instinct that uses smart technology to improve its functionality.

The photography is byCVS Pharmacy.

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Gio Ponti's towering Denver Art Museum is updated and expanded

A rounded, glazed welcome centre is among the enhancements made by US firms Machado Silvetti Architects and Fentress Architects to the Gio Ponti-designed Denver Art Museum, which opened in 1971.

The museum sits within the heart of Denver, in a district known as the Golden Triangle. After being partly closed for years, the museum will fully reopen to the public on 24 October 2021.

A rounded welcome centre is among the updates to the Denver Art Museum

The modifications include a new welcome centre, outdoor areas and reconfigured galleries, along with additional space for education, events and dining. The project was designed by Boston-based Machado Silvetti Architects and local firm Fentress Architects.

The art museum unveiled the renovation and expansion plan in 2016, citing the need to expand its offerings while unifying its buildings and bringing them up to date. The project was mostly completed last year, but the coronavirus pandemic delayed the unveiling until this fall.

The original entrance features an oval-shaped steel tube

The original museum – a seven-storey, asymmetrical tower clad in shimmering tiles – was designed by the Italian architect Gio Ponti and opened in 1971. It has 24 different sides and has been referred to as "castle-like" in appearance.

"More than one million reflective tiles cover the building's exterior, and its two-towered facade has long been an iconic city feature," the team said.

The Martin Building is clad in tiles

The building was one of the first high-rise art museums, in addition to being Ponti's only completed building in North America. The architect – known for such works as the 1958 Pirelli Tower in Milan, along with a range of furniture, household items and art objects – died in 1979 at the age of 87.

Long called the North Building, the facility has been renamed the J Landis and Sharon Martin Building.

A rooftop terrace on the Martin Building

The Martin Building is not the only structure the architects had to consider while conceiving the overhaul. A spiky, standalone addition to the museum, called the Hamilton Building, opened in 2006 with a design by American architect Daniel Libeskind.

Next to the museum is another notable work of architecture: the postmodern-style Denver Central Public Library, which was largely created by Michael Graves.

The Sie Welcome Center is elliptically-shaped

The team has said its goal was to respect the context and to honor Ponti's original vision as best as possible.

"To create the new Sie Welcome Center in the architecturally rich context of Denver's Golden Triangle Creative District, it was critical for us to design a structure that was simultaneously in dialogue with the vibrant visual language of Ponti and Studio Libeskind's designs, while also providing connection to the museum," said Jorge Silvetti, principal at Machado Silvetti.

The most visible aspect of the renovation project is the new Sie Welcome Center, which adjoins the Ponti tower.

Rounded in plan, the building rises two levels and totals 50,000 square feet (4,645 square metres). Its shape was inspired by an elliptical auditorium that Ponti had originally intended for the museum.

A view from the Welcome Center

The upper level is clad in curved, structural glass panels, with each panel measuring 25 feet tall and eight feet wide (7.6 by 2.4 metres). The team described the glazed facade as "an unprecedented feat of engineering and the first building to use curved glass panels in this way".

"With its elliptical shape that is approachable from all angles, and transparent glass facade, the Sie Welcome Center is an inviting and glowing beacon to greet all visitors," said Silvetti.

A conservation laboratory

Inside, the new centre holds guest services, a fine dining restaurant, a casual cafe, educational and event space, and a conservation laboratory.

Within the Ponti tower, two new elevators were installed. All galleries have been upgraded, and a new design gallery was created.

Interiors in the Ponti tower

Moreover, a gallery dedicated to Western American art on the seventh floor has been expanded by 9,000 square feet (836 square metres). Also on the seventh level are two new patios, where visitors can take in views of the city and Rocky Mountains.

On the Ponti tower facades, the team swapped out many of the original tiles with replicas, and it replaced windows with energy-efficient versions.

Duncan Hall features a new grand staircase

The building's exterior lighting has been replaced with an LED system, one of the many elements that helped the project earn LEED Silver certification from the US Green Building Council.

The tower's original entrance, which features an oval-shaped steel tube, has been restored and will be used for large groups, such as schoolchildren.

Lights inside Duncan Hall

Several additional firms were involved in the project.

OMA New York was responsible for exhibitions for the museum's design gallery, and IKD of Boston and San Francisco has designed a special exhibition on the building's main floor. A new learning and engagement centre features "playful, creative and inspired flexible spaces" created by Mexico City's Esrawe + Cadena.

Tiles shimmer on the Martin Building

To mark the building's reopening, the museum will present an exhibition titled Gio Ponti: Designer of a Thousand Talents. Designed by OMA and organised by the museum's architecture curator, Darrin Alfred, the show will present objects from the museum's collection. The show opens 24 October 2021 and runs indefinitely.

Located at the base of the Rocky Mountains, Denver has experienced significant growth and development in the past decade. Other recent projects there include a hotel by Dynia Architects that has an off-kilter appearance, and a multi-use complex by Tres Birds that encompasses a full city block.

The photography is byJames Florio.

Project credits:

Architects: Machado Silvetti and Fentress Architects
Owner's representative: Grundy Construction Management & Consulting
General contractor: Saunders Construction

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