Ingenuity and excellence in meeting the needs of our clients
We are a full-service architecture, planning, and interior design firm based in Visalia, California, with a market focus on education and medical facilities. Established in March of 1989, Mangini Associates Inc. is a California corporation with three partners, and all Principal Architects participate in the projects at some level.
In addition to the principals, the firm consists of three California Registered Architects and a support team of ten qualified personnel. Each individual contributes to the team philosophy. Our staff has the knowledge and ability to work with the state and local agencies and the individuals administering them. They have been chosen to enhance our ability to provide creative and timely solutions to our clients. |
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STRUCTURE
Established in March of 1989, Mangini Associates Inc. has a long standing history of client focused service in the K-12 education, commercial, and medical market. Mangini Associates Inc. is a California corporation, with three principals: Gilbert Bareng is responsible for project development and project design services. Chris McLain is responsible for project development and construction documents services. Scott Parish is responsible for construction administration, building code compliance, and construction specification services. The staff has been chosen to enhance the firm’s ability to provide creative and timely solutions to its clients.
CULTURE
From the inception of the firm in 1989, this firm has been focused on meeting the needs of its clients. We have built a solid reputation on a distinctive ethic of implementing a design solution through a participatory design process, production of comprehensive construction documents, and intensive engagement in the construction process.
We are firm believers in the dictum, "form follows function." Therefore, our design approach centers a use of the site and a resolution of the client's program that flows out of the program, budget, and project schedule. Our staff is built around a core of licensed architects who have worked together for many years and who are committed to the same standard of care.
We are firm believers in the dictum, "form follows function." Therefore, our design approach centers a use of the site and a resolution of the client's program that flows out of the program, budget, and project schedule. Our staff is built around a core of licensed architects who have worked together for many years and who are committed to the same standard of care.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
Mangini Associates Inc. believes in and utilizes the "Participatory Team Design Concept" in its master planning and program development. Team members normally include the architect and engineering consultants, and representatives from the client. This process will evaluate space requirements and relationships, functional responsibilities of personnel, special equipment and systems, and site requirements.
City, county and state agency requirements will also be taken into account to evaluate their impact on the project. After obtaining client's needs, goals and objectives, the client will be provided with options and recommendations focused on the specific needs of the project and the financial limitations imposed by the program.
Our masterplanning looks forward to account for future needs, so that future buildings, parking, utilities and other amenities are planned in locations which will best meet current goals, while reducing costs of future projects. Following the masterplanning and programming exercise, space analysis / flow diagrams will be prepared to study internal functions, human and vehicular flow patterns, and general space allocations. The resulting document will provide a road map which will establish design criteria, financial constraints, and time requirements prior to the beginning of the design.
City, county and state agency requirements will also be taken into account to evaluate their impact on the project. After obtaining client's needs, goals and objectives, the client will be provided with options and recommendations focused on the specific needs of the project and the financial limitations imposed by the program.
Our masterplanning looks forward to account for future needs, so that future buildings, parking, utilities and other amenities are planned in locations which will best meet current goals, while reducing costs of future projects. Following the masterplanning and programming exercise, space analysis / flow diagrams will be prepared to study internal functions, human and vehicular flow patterns, and general space allocations. The resulting document will provide a road map which will establish design criteria, financial constraints, and time requirements prior to the beginning of the design.