Chan Mock Architects LLC

• Architectural design
• Interior design
• Renovations and additions
• Adaptive re-use projects

Project scope

Chan Mock Architects has extensive experience in:

• Commercial projects
• Institutional projects
• Residential projects

The firm's work ranges from custom single-family homes and renovations to office headquarters, academic spaces, community centers and healthcare-related facilities, as shown in the project portfolio on the website.

Phone and fax

t: 617 576 2508 f: 617 547 8699

Email and website contact

The website contact page provides an email link for reaching the firm. Prospective clients can contact Chan Mock Architects by phone or via the email link on the website.

Office hours

The website does not list standard office hours. For current availability or to schedule a conversation, please contact the firm directly by phone or email.

Lists Cambridge as a location. Names Massachusetts as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published.

Design character

• Work that is upbeat, clean and welcoming
• Solutions tailored to each project's specific priorities
• Designs that are innovative and flexible

Well-designed spaces are understood as a way to empower and inspire the people who use them, contributing to joy and a sense of wellbeing.

Process and collaboration

Chan Mock Architects emphasizes:

• A multidisciplinary and collaborative design process
• Using both professional expertise and people skills to connect all the pieces of a project
• Addressing and integrating disparate parts of a project so that architecture, interiors and context work together

This integrative approach is a distinguishing aspect of the practice and contributes to successful project outcomes.

Client feedback example

The firm shares the following comment from a CEO after visiting one of the completed office projects in Lausanne, Switzerland:

"I returned from [the project] with a renewed 'bounce in my step.' The facility is beautiful and immensely well designed. Chris and his team deserve great credit for the layout, mix of offices and open spaces, the development of collaboration space and the choice of furnishings."

This reflects the firm's focus on creating inviting, light-filled and effective workplaces.

Representative commercial and workplace projects include:

• Corporate and nonprofit offices and office renovations
• New offices and office expansions
• Headquarters projects for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies
• Informatics and technology offices

These projects often involve open and private offices, team spaces, meeting and conference rooms, collaboration areas and support spaces.

Institutional

Institutional work includes:

• University and business school spaces (such as academic centers, deans' suites and administrative offices)
• Community centers and youth-oriented facilities
• Healthcare-related environments such as hospice and dental offices
• Art and foundation centers

Residential

Residential projects include:

• Urban homes and renovations
• Condo conversions and renovations
• Additions to existing houses (such as bungalows and other home additions)
• New custom single-family homes
• Seasonal and leisure properties such as summer retreats and ski lodges

Across these sectors, projects range from interior renovations to new construction and comprehensive fit-outs.

• Project size: approximately 400,000 square feet in two five-story buildings connected by a central atrium
• Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Collaboration: In collaboration with Payette

As of December 2016, the company (later part of Takeda) occupied over 100,000 square feet on four floors in one of the buildings.

Program

Beyond open and closed office space, the program included:

• Laboratories
• Meeting, team and conference rooms
• A 200-seat auditorium
• A conference center
• A central servery and dining hall

Design concepts

Key design concepts described on the website include:

• Concentrating high-activity areas around the central atrium to link the two buildings
• Locating quieter work areas at the periphery
• Creating transparency and stronger connections between laboratory and office spaces
• Placing cafés at staggered locations to encourage movement through the building and informal, serendipitous interactions

The materials and interior finishes emphasized warm colors, woods and glass to create an inviting, light-filled and energizing workplace.

Highlights

The website highlights this project as featuring:

• Open and private offices
• Team spaces
• Drop-down seating
• Conference center
• Collaborative café spaces

• Chris Chan – Principal
• Anne Mock
• Joshua Ayares – Architect
• Sanaz Ahmadi – Designer

Collaborative network

The firm notes that it works with a list of contractors and consultants, reflecting a collaborative approach and the use of multidisciplinary teams appropriate to each project.

Specific contractor and consultant names are not listed on the website page referenced.

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