DP3 Architects designed a new amphitheater and restroom buildings for the Walter Elisha Park in Fort Mill, SC in partnership with Keck+Wood. The 12-acre park offers a walking trail, playground, and a large green space that is home to the South Carolina Strawberry Festival, an annual event drawing tens of thousands of visitors to the area.

Once the site of a Springs Industries textile facility, the property was eventually turned into a park space after a fire in 1988 that damaged the building. According to Ann Evans, Springs family archivist, the park is named after Walter Y. Elisha who served as the CEO of Springs Industries from 1981 to 1997 and as chairman from 1983 to 1998. Elisha donated trees and a play set for the park which features rolling hills dotted with a series of interpretive sculptures by artist Bruno Lucchesi. With the new 2,400-square-foot amphitheater and covered stage, the community is ready to enjoy concerts, plays, and outdoor movies for generations to come.

DP3 Architects developed schematic design concepts to divide an existing 112,000-sqaure-foot industrial building into a multi-tenant, mixed-use facility including a new campus for Grace Church. Grace Church’s space includes a new worship center, common areas, multi-purpose rooms, children’s classrooms, and support spaces.

This project also included the design of a future exterior mural to honor the site’s history. Before it was Grace Church TR, Renfrew Bleachery operated at this site from 1928-1988 producing the highly valued Devonshire cloth and damask table linens. The bleachery was much more than just a factory, but existed as a village where employees worked, played, and worshiped.  The property included homes, a church, a company store, and even had recreational fields, like baseball, softball, and basketball, for employees to compete in the local Textile Leagues. During World War II, the Renfrew Bleachery provided water-repellant uniforms and bandage cloths for the U.S. military.  Grace Church is sure to continue the site’s legacy of service and sense of community in Travelers Rest, SC. The exterior photos and mural installation are slated to be completed in the near future.

Originally formed in 1953, the Reidville Fire Department has continued to grow over the years, along with the population they serve. DP3 Architects worked with the Reidville Fire Department and provided design services for a new 10,300-square-foot fire station in Reidville, SC. The new building serves both the Reidville Area Fire District and the Spartanburg County EMS.

The space includes living quarters and three double-depth drive-through apparatus bays with support spaces. The design team worked closely with the community and department to design a facility that would contextually reflect the rural landscape of the area and offer a modern aesthetic befitting of a transforming community. The space is compactly organized to ensure maximum efficiency, quick response, and a comfortable living environment. Overall, the concept is embedded in the mission set forth by the Reidville Fire Department which is to provide services designed to protect lives and the community they serve. Fire stations are beacons of safety and security. It is our honor to craft designs that capture the individual characteristics and strengths of the crews that call our facilities home.

DP3 Architects provided local design assistance services for a new replacement Airport Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) Station at the GSP International Airport working with the lead design architect, Leo A Daly.

The GSP ARFF provides fire protection services, emergency response, hazard mitigation, and evacuation assistance to the flying public.

This facility is essential to airport operations and safety.

The station is a new 21,000-square-foot, single-story facility with a 2,300-square-foot storage mezzanine and includes new aprons, drives, operable gates, modifications to existing parking areas, new stormwater detention pond, and site utilities.

All the features that are necessary for a rescue and firefighting facility are included in the design including 5 drive-through apparatus bays, 10 private dorm rooms, training room, day room/living area, fire administration offices, and support spaces for this land- and air-side emergency department.

Legacy Square is a 13-acre neighborhood-scaled town center at the heart of Verdae’s residential cornerstone, Hollingsworth Park. Design and construction of the first phase was completed in late 2015 and is now home to more than a dozen businesses. With plans to immediately begin the second phase of the project, Verdae Development engaged DP3 Architects to assist in refining design standards.

As part of the third phase of the project, DP3 Architects provided design services to develop a new 3-story office building consisting of leasable office and retail space at the ground floor level, WJC&B office space at the second floor, and WJC&B and NHE office space at the third floor. Upfit design and engineering services for the office and leasable tenant spaces were included in this project for WJC&B (14,750 SF at the second floor) and NHE (8,010 SF at the third floor).

Materials were used in the design to link the building to the existing community. Breaking up the scale of building provides interest while maintaining a connection to Hollingsworth Park. This building provides desirable commercial opportunities without sacrificing visual appeal to both residents and visitors.

DP3 Architects provided architectural and interior design services for a new city hall at Trailblazer Park in Travelers Rest, SC. The 14,700-square-foot building houses city administrative offices, the police department, 911 dispatch, a municipal court, and a visitor’s center area. The project also includes a new 2,700-square-foot public works building at the site. Additional work included the development of the site for parking.

This facility completes the initial vision for Trailblazer Park creating a vibrant municipal campus which optimizes the process for building permitting, business licensing, and city administration. The project creates an entrance to the south side of the city, making way for new development while engaging current recreational opportunities along the Swamp Rabbit biking trail.

DP3 Architects provided architectural and interior design services for a building renovation and expansion project for a new fire station. The existing one-story structure was originally a 1970’s ranch style home which was renovated for use as a bank in the 1990’s. The new fire station design concept included renovating the existing building for administrative and support use and adding a training facility.

The project also includes a kitchen, day room, ADA accessible with elevator, bunk area that serves three shifts of 10, and fitness room. The station is fully sprinklered and equipped throughout with LED lighting. The project was developed as a Construction Manager at Risk with a local construction company.

Travelers Rest has invested in a new municipal campus that will house multiple facilities including a new fire station, city hall/police station, farmers market, and amphitheater.  Travelers Rest hired DP3 Architects to design the new fire station.  The design of the station fits in with the buildings already under construction on the campus.

The single-story station includes six dorm rooms, four drive-thru apparatus bays, community room, and training/storage mezzanines and support spaces. The building also features a children’s fire pole and platform in the community room, open dayroom with dining and kitchen, and patio space that provides views to the campus and amphitheater.

DP3 Architects provided planning, design, and construction administration services for the $10 million Pleasant Ridge Camp and Retreat Center. This new facility hosts Camp Spearhead and Camp Courage. The camp is centered around a 17,000-square-foot lodge incorporating meeting and dining facilities, administrative offices, and private sleeping suites.

Twelve single and double cabins are spread throughout the site to house 160 campers and staff. To round out the camp experience, the campus has a 10,500-square-foot open-air sports pavilion which includes a full-size basketball court, stage, concessions, rest rooms, and therapeutic/recreation swimming pool with zero-depth entry and spray pad/water play area.

The camp is located in the northern most portion of the South Carolina foothills just at the base of the Appalachian Mountains. Even with this mountainous terrain, the site is completely accessible and includes a lakeside amphitheater, accessible fishing pier, and passive and active recreation areas.

NEXT is the resource collaborative that specializes in developing the Greenville, SC region’s fast-growth entrepreneurial sector. The mission of NEXT is to create a new culture of entrepreneurship and dramatically increase the number and quality of fast-growth, entrepreneurial companies headquartered in the region.

Because of their extensive experience in designing efficient office spaces for a wide array of client types, DP3 Architects was selected to provide programming, planning, and design services for the NEXT building in Greenville, SC. The NEXT Innovation Center project consists of converting an existing 58,000-square-foot warehouse into individual office suites and shared areas for high impact technology companies.

Office suites range in size from 10,000 square feet to a 64-square-foot cubicle.

Shared amenities include conference rooms, small meeting nooks along public corridors, Wii rooms, and a cafe, all distributed throughout the building and designed to foster collaboration among member organizations.

Due to the warehouse feel of the existing space and the high-tech nature of the tenant companies, space planning and materials selections are based on industrial design. The industrial warehouse environment of the existing space in conjunction with the high-tech nature of the tenant companies, space planning and materials selections are rooted in industrial design.

Prominent materials include internally-lit polycarbonate panel walls, garage doors, exposed structure, and an exterior metal mesh wall.

Emphasis was placed on integrating “common-sense” sustainable design solutions including: energy efficient HVAC systems;  high-efficiency lighting sources with automated controls; and emphasizing natural light as a main lighting source using energy efficient windows and skylights.

In 2009, DP3 Architect provided services to design a 7,963-square-foot facility in Simpsonville, SC featuring a modern approach to traditionally rustic design.  Due to the success of this partnership, Pelham Links Dentistry turned to DP3 Architects again when the need for an additional facility in Greenville, SC arose in 2013.

The new 13,000-square-foot facility was built utilizing a design-build approach with Mavin Construction.  The exterior design draws from the modern rustic design of the Simpsonville facility and features and grand entry tower.  The two-story lobby lends itself to a spa atmosphere, complete with a stone wall and water wall element.  The project includes 16 hygiene operatories and  2 surgery operatories; and services 4 dentists. The building serves as the main office for the growing dental practice in upstate South Carolina.

The town of Surfside Beach, SC, situated directly on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, had determined that the 1970’s pre-engineered structure housing their fire safety operations and emergency operations center had outlived its useful life and needed to be replaced.

The Town commissioned DP3 Architects to provide the expertise necessary to plan and design a new fire headquarters and emergency operations center to replace the existing facility. The final design response was a 14,500-square-foot, two-story facility which encompasses:

• Four drive-through fire apparatus bays
• Cascade room, gear and equipment storage, and de-con area
• Emergency Operations Center
• Administrative offices
• Classrooms
• Dorm/living quarters
• Exercise area
• Emergency electrical power generation system

Although the Town elected not to pursue LEED certification, sustainable design principals, materials, and building systems where practical, were incorporated into of the building design.

Fountain Inn takes its name from the old inn with a fountain that attracted travelers seeking a rest from the tiresome stagecoach journeys between Greenville and the Low Country of South Carolina. Today the City would like to capture those days, as well as snapshots in time in the new Fountain Inn History Museum.

An integral part of the City’s downtown revitalization effort the Museum is located on a site adjacent to an active rail line. DP3 Architects created several design alternatives for the building from which the City chose a “depot” approach to reflect the original use of the historic site. The new 5,100-square-foot facility houses the following:

• 2,800-square-foot museum exhibit area
• 35-seat museum orientation theatre
• Director’s office Support and public spaces

As the gateway to southern Greenville County the facility also features a visitor center sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce.

As an ongoing effort to revitalize downtown Fountain Inn, the city selected DP3 Architects to develop improvements to Depot Street and the surrounding area.  The resulting design realigned Depot Street and narrowed it to a one-way street with parallel parking and sidewalks.  This simple change helped to create a continuous connection to the rest of downtown Fountain Inn.

In addition to the streetscape changes, the firm designed an outdoor pavilion to house the Fountain Inn Farmers Market.  The venue serves many other uses ranging from a simple gathering place to a band stand.

The New Fountain Inn Cultural Heritage Museum, also designed by DP3 Architects, sits adjacent to the Farmers Market and serves to revitalize the downtown and surrounding area.

In 2008 the city found itself cramped for space and subsequently selected DP3 Architects to address the situation. The firm performed a space utilization study of the current city hall in conjunction with a space needs analysis to understand the short- and long-term needs for additional space. The results of the study and analysis was key to the city making the decision to expand the city hall.

The two-story expansions, mirror images of each other, each encompass 8,400 SF of floor area. The west wing provides space for the municipal court facilities on the upper level and Planning Department offices on the lower level while the east wing houses a new Council Chambers and support areas on the upper level and a Community Room and support spaces on the lower level.

The Main Fire Station of Parker Fire District was housed in a 1950’s building that had been expanded through the years to accommodate incremental growth of the department.  The District determined that the existing facility had outlived its useful life and should be replaced.  The District chose DP3 Architects to guide them through the planning and design process for a new main station.

The facility is a two-story structure which includes:

• Four drive-through fire apparatus bays
• Cascade room, equipment and gear storage, and de-con area
• Administrative offices
• Classroom space
• Dorm/living quarters
• Exercise area
• Emergency electrical power generation system

Although the District chose not to pursue LEED certification of the facility, they did choose to incorporate sustainable design principals, materials, and building systems where practical, into the building design.