Coastal Carolina Orthodontics

Jacksonville, NC

Following working with Brydge & Lee, Inc. on other facilities in the New Bern area, the orthodontics office of Willis, Vanek, Ball, Fischer & Richards P.A. in Jacksonville combined the managerial and construction talents of Brydge & Lee General Contractors with the design capabilities of C. R. Francis / Architecture to develop their new facilities as a design build team. Working with the doctors' equipment supplier, the designers developed an office designed to accommodate large numbers of patients simultaneously. The relaxed and open atmosphere [with suspended televisions, fish sculptures as well as mounted fish, and a game room] was developed to attract their primary clientele: young to late teens. The facility is organized with a central business office surrounded by the service spaces of reception and waiting, offices, labs, x- ray, procedure rooms, and the main 1600 square foot operatory which looks out upon a landscaped garden. Operational storage and mechanical equipment is maintained in the large hipped attic above the business office.