We started this firm with the goal of being a strategic partner with certain clients for specific projects. We are not trying to be everything to every client. This strategy gives us the ability to be a better partner for clients and deliver better projects. We know that the best opportunity for success is for our leadership to be involved in every step of every project.
Studio View Architecture has extensive experience in high profile projects. In the last eight years, we have led over $750MM in justice, public safety, and other municipal projects. We know how to ask the right questions, collect critical information, develop a strategy, and build consensus around a design solution that is tailored to your needs. With our expertise leading your project, we will help you realize your vision. “Design by committee,” or managing the needs and wants of multiple user groups, stakeholders, and owners, is challenging. We know how to lead these large, complex projects and align a custom design solution to your budget.
Studio View’s Partners will be involved in every step of every project because it is the best way to ensure excellent communication. Not only do we leverage technology to communicate the design and document the process, but we also focus on other types of communication. Studio View believes in active listening and asking questions early and often to make sure we understand our clients’ concerns and aspirations. We will work hard to clearly present information and options so that you can make timely, informed decisions. Changes are easy to manage at the beginning of a project but expensive and time consuming later. Therefore, we will lead you through a creative design process that explores options and builds consensus. Throughout the project process, our Partners will be your point of contact for any question or concern
Eric Weflen, AIA, NCARB and Eugene Vorsovsky, AAIA, the firm’s founding partners, have worked together since 2016 and over 90% of their collaborative work has been on large scale, complex projects including justice, public safety, and other municipal projects. While collaborating on these significant projects, their talents complemented each other. Eric brings strong leadership, management, communication, and planning expertise while Eugene is an expert at facility documentation, design, design document production, design team coordination and graphics. These talents bring a well-rounded architecture team to projects like yours. Our efforts have resulted in design innovations, cost effective solutions and successful projects for our clients.
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Eric is a licensed architect with 20 years of experience designing both public and private buildings. As a principal architect since 2016, his focus has been on overall project strategy, primarily during the planning stages of a project. In this role, Eric has developed an expertise in programming, master planning and feasibility studies that are actionable and gives his clients the ability to implement their vision. He is committed to a client-focused approach that is centered around listening closely and communicating effectively. Through this work, Eric has developed an expertise in justice and public safety projects. This design expertise and leadership has helped municipalities across the country improve the way they deliver services to their communities. He has a proven track record of delivering projects that are operationally efficient, budget conscious, and rooted in evidence-based solutions.
Eugene is a highly dedicated and seasoned Architecture Design professional with an impressive 18-year track record of success in delivering exceptional design solutions for a diverse range of projects, including K-12 schools, Higher Education facilities, Justices buildings, Judicial complexes, and Multi-Family residential developments. Graduating from Ball State University in 2006 with dual Bachelor's degrees in Architecture and Environmental Design, Eugene has consistently demonstrated a deep commitment to excellence and innovation in his work.
Specializing in Building Information Modeling (BIM), Eugene is widely recognized for his proficiency in leveraging advanced technologies, such as Revit software, to create highly coordinated and efficient design documents. His holistic approach to design not only ensures the seamless integration of architectural elements but also facilitates enhanced collaboration with clients, consultants, and project teams.
Throughout his career, Eugene has successfully led numerous design projects from initial concept through to completion, consistently exceeding client expectations and delivering projects on time and within budget. His strong project management abilities have been instrumental in achieving project goals, and his adeptness at managing project budgets, schedules, and resources has earned him a reputation for reliability and efficiency.
The Lofts at Westwood is a new multifamily development on the westside of Indianapolis, near the Town of Speedway. The development will include 330 units in six buildings with studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom lofts. The hilly, wooded site is bound by Eagle Creek to the east and the B&O Trail trailhead to the north, providing walkable access to downtown Speedway’s restaurants and shops.
Studio View Architecture collaborated with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office to develop a design solution to address the need for maintenance and storage space for supplies and equipment at the Hancock County Jail. These needs include but are not limited to accommodating items currently stored in the “shelled-out” space in the housing pod, vehicular/equipment maintenance, tool and equipment storage, file storage, maintenance office/restrooms, K9 support, multi-purpose space and vehicular/large evidence processing. The new facility is designed to complement the existing aesthetic of the Sheriff’s Office and Jail buildings.
Completed while working for a different firm, Eugene designed this state of the art, nearly 600 bed facility. As the Principal Architect, Eric led the programming and planning stages and was responsible for the overall project. The innovative design maximizes staff efficiency, safety, and enhances the opportunities for rehabilitation. The housing areas make use of daylighting, tunable lighting, color psychology and sound mitigation to improve the quality of the spaces for both those living at the facility and the staff.
The team worked with closely with the Commissioners, Council and Sheriff’s Office to develop a cost-effective solution. The new facility sits on 100 acres, just east of town and is constructed of pre-engineered metal buildings. The 130,000 square feet facility was master planned for future expansion and includes 440 beds with shell space in one housing pod for an additional 136 beds. The state-of-the-art facility includes a training room, large fitness and defensive tactics spaces, a dedicated evidence vehicular sally port, medical suite and elevated control rooms.
Studio View served this project in two key roles. We are both the Owner’s Representative and a contract design consultant to the prime architect. Madison County tasked the project team with pursuing a goal of designing a facility that will not simply house inmates but one that will provide therapeutic spaces to facilitate rehabilitation and reduce recidivism. The 166,750-sf. facility has 22 classification units with 528 beds, is easily expandable in the short term to over 700 beds with 22,000 SF of shelled space, and longer-term expansion capability to over 1200 beds.
The new police station and town hall in Pittsboro will be located on Main Street and will elevate the town office's presence while enhancing the business corridor. The facility will include a community room, administration offices, investigations, patrol, fitness area, locker rooms and vehicular sally port. The town hall will include a drive-up window to improve customer service for the public.
The project includes the renovation of the existing facility’s interior and exterior. The exterior renovations included a new metal panel siding, new stone wainscot, a decorative cornice, and a pronounced stone entrance. The interior renovation reconfigured the organization of the interior spaces to improve operations for the 12,500 SF facility. The project also included a large community/town board room that is subdividable and provides space for 110 occupants. The police station was also improved with the renovation and include a training room, a fitness room, quartermaster storage, and evidence storage.
Muncie, Indiana
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With a study, several options were considered to accommodate the County’s long-term justice system space needs, including the expansion of existing facilities, building new on a greenfield site, and the consideration of several existing facilities for adaptive reuse. The recommendation at the conclusion of the study was to purchase a vacant middle school. The team was then hired to not only design the proposed facility but to also develop and construct the facility utilizing Indiana’s Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT) statute. The new facility houses all county justice departments, including five courts, the prosecutor, probation, clerk, family support and IV-D court, sheriff’s office, community corrections, a 500-bed jail, and all necessary support and ancillary spaces. The justice center is over 247,000-sf on two levels and all the departments are interconnected for maximum operational efficiency.
Jasper, Indiana
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Initially, a facility assessment and master plan was completed that resulted in the recommendation that the jail/sheriff’s office be expanded, community corrections be doubled in size and a new judicial center be collocated on the campus. It was proposed that each of these facilities be interconnected to maximize operational efficiency and enhance security. The county decided to proceed with the jail/sheriff’s office expansion and the community corrections project and design them so that a future judicial center could be added. The project included a housing pod that was designed to expand in the future without having to increase staff, a new intake/booking area, new programming spaces, improved sheriff’s office spaces and a significantly renovated and expanded work release facility.
Noblesville, Indiana
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The Hamilton County Jail project consisted of several innovative approaches. First, the pod was designed to include a base bid and then “add alternates” to double the capacity of the housing pod. This enabled the Owner to have a price for their immediate bed need on bid day and then buy additional bed space as the budget would allow. This provided full budget flexibility for the Owner. The housing pod also incorporated innovative design features like multiple smaller dayrooms with sight/sound separation for enhanced classification. The pod design maximized staffing efficiency by including several support spaces within the pod, like padded cells, segregation cells, programming, attorney visitation and medical exam. This minimizes staff involvement and inmate movement to and from these spaces.
Bloomfield, Indiana
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Through an assessment and needs evaluation, it was determined that the priorities for the facility included a new housing pod, intake/booking area and vehicular sally port. The design incorporated components to improve the ability to deal with mental health and medical issues. Renovation of the existing facility included, but was not limited to, expanding the programming and attorney-client conference spaces, and relocating laundry and other administrative spaces.
Brownstown, IN
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The Jackson County Judicial Center is a 35,000 SF facility that includes Probation, Clerk, Prosecutor’s Office, three courtrooms and their administration offices. There is also a fourth courtroom shell space for future expansion. The facility includes a basement level with a vehicular sally port that allows detainees to be brought into the facility securely. From this basement level, they can then be escorted in a dedicated elevator to holding areas between courtrooms. This modern courthouse design provides separate circulation for staff, detainees, and the public and enhanced security at the main entrance. The building was designed to complement the historic courthouse across the street and have all the operational advantages of modern judicial architecture.
Salem, IN
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A master plan study was conducted and recommended a consolidated justice center at the existing jail. Phase 1 of the project included the expansion and modernization on the west side of the facility. Phase 2 included the judicial expansion on the east side. The project included the Clerk, two courtrooms and their administrative offices, new security entrance and other support spaces. The addition was designed to maximize security by providing dedicated inmate circulation to a court holding area between the courtrooms. The facility includes other enhancements like a dedicated “after hours” early voting entrance and a hearing room that also serves as overflow seating for the courtrooms.
Johnson County Jail
Franklin, Indiana
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Washington County Jail and Sheriff’s Office
Salem, IN
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Scott County Jail
Scottsburg, IN
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Posey County Jail and Sheriff’s Office
Mt. Vernon, IN
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Vermillion County Jail and Sheriff’s Office
Hillsdale, IN
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Wabash County Jail and Sheriff’s Office
Wabash, IN
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Gibson County Jail and Sheriff’s Office
Princeton, IN
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Clay County Jail
Brazil, IN
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Delaware County Justice Center
Muncie, IN
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Daviess County Courthouse
Washington, IN
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The project includes the renovation of the existing facility’s interior and exterior. The exterior renovations included a new metal panel siding, new stone wainscot, a decorative cornice, and a pronounced stone entrance. The interior renovation reconfigured the organization of the interior spaces to improve operations for the 12,500 SF facility. The project also included a large community/town board room that is subdividable and provides space for 110 occupants. The police station was also improved with the renovation. New spaces like a training room, a fitness room, quartermaster storage, and evidence storage expanded the police station.
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2013 – updated 2016 (pricing, props update, expanded site) 96-acre site and included burn tower, phase 1 flashover, burn rooms, hallway simulator, roof props, bus and tanker props, command training center/advanced disaster management simulator including fire administration, police administration, municipal EOC; EVOC course, skid pad, rifle range, pistol range, shoot house, K9 kennels/training, water rescue training, wilderness training
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Led the city through a study to determine the immediate and future needs of the police department. The programming and planning effort resulted in a proposed 40,000 SF facility. The facility will include administration, records, investigations, patrol, vehicular sally port and other support areas. The study evaluated three sites and determined that the best opportunity was a former manufacturing site with environmental challenges. The team worked with the city, consultants, and the EPA to determine the feasibility of locating the facility on the site and were able to develop cost effective mitigation systems to make the site usable and improve a blighted area. With the study complete, preliminary design finalized floor plans, elevations, and site design while the city determined funding availability and finalized the land purchase.
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Three bay fire station designed to accommodate an eight-person crew with semi-private bunk rooms. The facility was designed with state-of-the-art carcinogen exhaust and mitigation systems including dedicated turnout gear storage and cleaning rooms with direct exhaust for off gassing. The apparatus bays are also only accessible from the living quarters through pressurized vestibules. The facility also included a dedicated battalion office, living quarters and garage.
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New headquarters and fire station with three bays and a training tower. The training tower includes confined space training, repelling, ladder training, and a stairwell standpipe prop. The station also includes a battalion quarters and dedicated garage. The facility was designed to support a crew of twelve with dedicated bunk rooms with “jack and jill” bathrooms. The living areas include private and open dayrooms, kitchen, dining, quiet room, and fitness room. The administration areas include leadership offices, conference rooms, 50-person training room and collaboration spaces.
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Starting with a feasibility study, the resulting project is a three story (including basement) state of the art law enforcement facility designed to complement Fort Benjamin Harrison. The building includes a 911/dispatch center, tiered community training center for 112 occupants, a fitness area, and all department offices, including individual detective offices.
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The project was designed to make use of irregular shaped site on the east side of the municipal complex. The facility includes a 250-car parking structure with secure police parking on the first level. The three-level facility includes modern law enforcement components including a real-time crime center, civilian intelligence center, a 200-person training center that is subdividable into three spaces, fitness training, defensive tactics, and evidence processing/laboratory.
Westfield Fire Station 83
Westfield, IN
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Fishers Fire Station 96
Fishers, IN
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Fishers Fire Station 92
Fishers, IN
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Greenfield Fire Station 22
Greenfield, IN
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Indianapolis Fire Station 16
Indianapolis, IN
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Westfield Fire Headquarters and Station 81
Westfield, IN
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Daleville Town Hall and Police Station
Daleville, IN
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Whitestown Police Station
Whitestown, IN
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This project included both interior and exterior renovations. The exterior renovations included overall modernization, signage, and main entry relocation. The interior renovations include new finishes in the restrooms and other public areas, especially the lobby. The public spaces and lobby were also significantly enhanced by the removal of a second floor. This created a two-story volume, allowing for more natural light. The lobby was also improved with the addition of a coffee bar and seating area.
This project includes 330 units on the west side of Indianapolis. The site is wooded and hilly and the units will have views of Eagle Creek from the balconies. On the north side of the development is the B&O Trail which provides walkable access to downtown Speedway. The project also includes a clubhouse and pool.
Dugout Bar, The Neighborhood Bar, has been a gathering place in Fletcher Place since 1954. Under new ownership, entertainment and private party spaces were expanded. The warehouse section of this expansion included a performance stage, bar, restrooms, and other support spaces. The versatile space has hosted musical performances, receptions, private parties and other group functions.
This project modernized a retail development that had remained unchanged since the 1970s. The Kroger and adjacent “B” Shops' improvements include new masonry column surrounds, new cornices and other architectural features, lighting, and painting. The “B” Shops' enhancements also include extended parapet walls to provide more visual interest and better signage opportunities.
The general purposes of this renovation include but are not limited to enhancing circulation and security, expanding administrative areas, increasing restroom facilities, improving classroom configurations, creating better exterior activity spaces, creating more parking, and improving vehicular circulation. The project includes a two-story addition to expand offices and classrooms, a new primary corridor to enhance security and other interior renovations to add classrooms and a cafeteria.
The Pure Pharmacy Tenant Improvement Project entailed the interior buildout of a 21,000 SF office space. Collaborating closely with Cunningham Construction Group and the Owner’s design team, the project prioritized aligning design and functionality with the client’s operational needs and vision. The program included a welcoming main lobby, modern office spaces, versatile conference rooms, dedicated client interaction areas, one sterile laboratory, and two non-sterile laboratories designed to USP 795 and USP 800 standards.
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