Providing comprehensive outpatient care in clinical specialties, the Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care (CAC) is a new five-story OSPHD III medical office building providing the community access to the latest and most promising new therapies.
In collaboration with SmithGroup, who served as the lead architect for the project, Taylor Design focused on the design of clinical spaces, and the Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders department. The design story of “window to the wetlands” draws inspiration from the neighboring San Joaquin Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary – soft lighting, natural wood, warm hues, and wetland inspired wall graphics – tying health, wellness, and healing for patients and guests to the tranquility of nature. The campus is the nation’s first to be powered by an all-electric central utilities plant and is slated to achieve LEED Platinum certification.
Floor covering manufacturers included Shaw’s PVC Free Sheet Vinyl “Innate”, Shaw LVT, Bentley carpet tile in open lobbies, Tarkett rubber base and transitions, Ardex MC Rapid, Ardex K10
Nancy Thiel, founder and principal of Thiel Architecture + Design, is a licensed architect and an interior designer. With 40+ years’ experience working with luminaries in the architecture world, including Michael Graves, Robert A.M. Stern, and Rockwell Group, where she served as a studio leader, Thiel’s extensive portfolio includes single-family homes and multi-story residences, hotels, restaurants, retail, fitness clubs, offices, theaters, schools and shopping centers. She is a member of the AIA, holds NCARB certification and is a LEED accredited professional. Prior to her career in architecture, Thiel was a dancer and choreographer.
Thiel Architecture + Design is an award-winning multi-disciplinary architecture, interior design, planning, and product design firm with offices in CT and NY. The firm’s work focuses on high-end residential design as well as hospitality, contract, and retail projects. Thiel Architecture + Design’s work has been featured in Interior Design, Architype, New York and Connecticut Cottages and Gardens, Connecticut Magazine, Archello, and Fast Company magazines. In 2022, the firm received a Connecticut AIA Excellence award for Interior Architecture. Thiel earned a BA from Penn State University and her Master of Architecture degree from Syracuse University.
