Designstream was commissioned to develop a totally new prototype image to honor the founder of our client’s company. This 6,800 square foot prototype was first built in Springdale, Ohio, and was designed to respect the very strict covenants and regulations of the community.

Our final design is “customer friendly” and aesthetically pleasing from all four sides – not a simple task in the restaurant business with delivery docks, trash dumpsters and kitchen exhaust requirements. The interior further enhances the image of a bistro with checkered tablecloths, candelabra type wall sconces, ornate draperies and warm colors; while focusing on customer service and efficient staff utilization.

Seton Hill University’s beautiful hilltop campus holds a circa. 1929 castle-like building known as Sullivan Hall. The new recreation center was created adjacent to and is connected with Sullivan Hall and Bayley Hall. These two buildings today are open to a common lawn but the new building encloses a quadrangle with a loggia that ties them together.

The program includes a 1,500-seat gymnasium, lobbies and support spaces for the gymnasium, as well as the new men’s and women’s locker rooms, a health and fitness center and a dance/aerobics studio. Level with the quadrangle is the gymnasium playing surface with locker rooms, dance and aerobic space tucked underneath the gymnasium floor. This takes advantage of the sloping site and allows bus and ADA access from vehicles while completing a true ring road – Something that was always a part of the master plan developed many, many years ago.