|
|
The 2700 square metre
building was designed with a number of contextural images and internal corporate
requirements as form generators, incorporating layers, surfaces, and voids.
The emphasis wason a strong street presence with each building elevation,
clad in white aluminum panels, being related but distinct, capitalizing on
views while providing for internal usable space. The two wings of the
building will create work environments for the company reflecting the two
owner's respective areas of responsibility and direction, while emphasizing
linkages through an atrium space and bridges at the upper levels. The
sloping site - sloping down from east to west -allowed for an intermediate
main entry to the three storey buildingoff a radiating parking area
accessed from Allstate Parkway. The axial entry provides for views through
the atrium to the creek beyond. The blue aluminum wall (based on the
corporate colour) which defines the south side of the atrium acts as a
solid mass and a layered screen, producting a backdrop for the sloped
skylight, revealing the structure within along the office corridor, and
forming a distinctive roof element. The undulating roof on the south was
designed for both practical purposes - to contain mechanical equipment -
and as a whimsical reference to adjacent Beaver Creek (see rendered image)
to all who pass overhead from the adjacent airport. Rainwater is retained
on the flat roofs and is then led into the building at the atrium level in
the dry river bed which will fill during times of rain and then discharge
to the outside through sump pits to find its way to the natural watercourse
of the creek. All landscaping will be an extension of the original meadow
and wetlands, creating a naturalized site surrounding the angular and
flowing volumes of the building.
|
