Case Study
TS9Designs delivered architectural plans and complete MEP plans for Luccino's Pizza Tropicana, where kitchen intensity, customer comfort, and code compliance had to be engineered in parallel.
The project required a practical strategy for kitchen exhaust support, make-up air, service sizing, and plumbing reliability in a hot-climate hospitality environment.
Restaurant environments in Las Vegas must absorb intense kitchen loads while preserving dining comfort in high outdoor temperatures. If thermal zoning, exhaust support, and electrical capacity are not coordinated early, operations can suffer immediately after opening.
TS9Designs needed to create a permit-ready package that balanced high-output foodservice requirements with clean layout coordination and long-term serviceability.
We developed load and airflow assumptions for kitchen and dining zones separately, with ventilation planning built around cookline conditions and pressure-balance intent. Air-distribution planning prioritized comfort, odor control, and operational stability.
Electrical design captured kitchen equipment, refrigeration, lighting, and support loads with demand-based panel/service planning. Circuit mapping and panel schedules were structured to support reliability and future flexibility.
Plumbing planning used fixture-unit methodology for domestic and sanitary sizing, with practical routing and maintenance access. Hot-water assumptions were aligned with dishwashing and sanitation peaks.
Integrated architectural and MEP coordination reduced conflicts across equipment footprints, pathways, and clearances. QA checks verified consistency between calculations, schedules, and final plan notes.
The package was organized for clear review against local building and restaurant-adjacent code expectations, with documented assumptions that improve reviewer confidence and shorten revision loops.
The project moved forward with a technically coherent package that supports both buildability and day-to-day operations. TS9Designs delivered documentation that reduces ambiguity for contractors and improves startup readiness for ownership.
The case highlights the importance of pairing hospitality design intent with rigorous MEP execution in hot-climate markets.