CyrusOne
An aerial site precedent showing the scale, massing organization, and security perimeter of a large industrial data center facility.
- What we like about this project
- Extensive mechanical cooling yard integrated directly into the secure central zone of the facility.
Materials
- metal-panel
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- industrial-massing
- data-center
- perimeter-fencing
- aerial-site-view
Style tags
- industrial
- functional
- utilitarian
Visual tags
- industrial
- infrastructure
- aerial
- large-scale
- compound
- Geometry
- Low-slung, large-floorplate rectangular industrial massing with an attached multi-story office or administration block featuring a grid-patterned window facade.
- Facade system
- Prefabricated metal cladding panels combined with punched ribbon windows on the office wing.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with insulated metal panel cladding and concrete foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale industrial facility spanning multiple acres; a construction crane on site indicates massive volumetric proportions.
- Lighting
- Bright, diffused daylight under an expansive cloud cover, casting soft shadows across the compound.
- Atmosphere
- Pragmatic, secured, and functional atmosphere characteristic of heavy technical infrastructure.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or industrial park edge bounded by curving multi-lane roadways and agricultural or undeveloped fields.
- Spatial experience
- The complex reads as an isolated, secured industrial compound ringed by perimeter infrastructure and open landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Repetitive mechanical units on the roof and a regular window grid on the administrative wing establish an industrial rhythm.
- Style reading
- Functional industrial architecture
- Program
- Data center and technical infrastructure facility
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal-panel, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- industrial-massing, data-center, perimeter-fencing, aerial-site-view
- Style tags
- industrial, functional, utilitarian
- Visual tags
- industrial, infrastructure, aerial, large-scale, compound
- Geometry
- Low-slung, large-floorplate rectangular industrial massing with an attached multi-story office or administration block featuring a grid-patterned window facade.
- Facade system
- Prefabricated metal cladding panels combined with punched ribbon windows on the office wing.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with insulated metal panel cladding and concrete foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale industrial facility spanning multiple acres; a construction crane on site indicates massive volumetric proportions.
- Lighting
- Bright, diffused daylight under an expansive cloud cover, casting soft shadows across the compound.
- Atmosphere
- Pragmatic, secured, and functional atmosphere characteristic of heavy technical infrastructure.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or industrial park edge bounded by curving multi-lane roadways and agricultural or undeveloped fields.
- Spatial experience
- The complex reads as an isolated, secured industrial compound ringed by perimeter infrastructure and open landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Repetitive mechanical units on the roof and a regular window grid on the administrative wing establish an industrial rhythm.
- Style reading
- Functional industrial architecture
- Program
- Data center and technical infrastructure facility
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture