Interior designers are known for their ability to create functional and beautiful spaces. Interior designers can also help choose the right furniture for these spaces.
Selecting furniture is more than just how it looks. Durability, ease to maintain, the ability to fit different physical needs of the people using it, and even building codes are very important to consider too.
Every project is different, and schools in particular have a wide range of criteria for furniture that must support different sized students; adults in the administrative setting; layouts for different learning models; specialty areas such as library, computer lab, music, and art; mobility; technological systems; and special education programs.
In a recent furniture selection project for Biddeford High School, Gawron Turgeon Architects’ interior designers had the experience to choose the best furniture for the school’s particular needs.
Working with the school and their owner’s representative we toured other schools and showrooms, presented ideas, prepared layouts of the furniture, and even hosted an event where teachers and administrators could test the furniture. And for Buxton Center Elementary School one of the special requirements was that the furniture fit in well with the architecture, done by a different firm.
Lynn Pepin, CID (#3011), LEED AP ID+C, is an interior designer at Gawron Turgeon Architects