Repositioning
A bold cantilevered office or institutional volume by Pickard Chilton demonstrating structural expression and integration with campus landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The extreme length of the cantilever floating effortlessly above the glazed cylindrical lobby element.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- concrete
- metal-panel
Visual identifiers
- cantilever
- glass-facade
- structural-truss
- landscaped-approach
Style tags
- contemporary
- high-tech
- monumental
Visual tags
- cantilever
- corporate-campus
- structural-expression
- large-scale
- athletics
- Geometry
- A massive horizontal truss-framed rectangular volume cantilevers dramatically over a terraced landscape and athletic field, supported centrally by core shafts.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing with expressed black structural steel diagrid frame and metal edge trim.
- Structural guess
- Heavy steel truss cantilever supported by reinforced concrete central cores.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story cantilevered institutional or athletic headquarters building at a monumental civic scale.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon sun casting warm side illumination and soft shadows across the landscape and facade.
- Atmosphere
- Dynamic and aspirational, balancing heavy structural engineering with lush, welcoming landscape paths.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or campus setting featuring native plantings, walking paths, and a sports field adjacent to the building.
- Spatial experience
- The elevated volume creates a sweeping gateway effect, framing distant views while establishing distinct zones for pedestrian walkways and recreation below.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating diagonal structural bays framing the primary facade ribbon windows.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate monumentalism
- Program
- Corporate headquarters or athletic facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, concrete, metal-panel
- Visual identifiers
- cantilever, glass-facade, structural-truss, landscaped-approach
- Style tags
- contemporary, high-tech, monumental
- Visual tags
- cantilever, corporate-campus, structural-expression, large-scale, athletics
- Geometry
- A massive horizontal truss-framed rectangular volume cantilevers dramatically over a terraced landscape and athletic field, supported centrally by core shafts.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing with expressed black structural steel diagrid frame and metal edge trim.
- Structural guess
- Heavy steel truss cantilever supported by reinforced concrete central cores.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story cantilevered institutional or athletic headquarters building at a monumental civic scale.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon sun casting warm side illumination and soft shadows across the landscape and facade.
- Atmosphere
- Dynamic and aspirational, balancing heavy structural engineering with lush, welcoming landscape paths.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or campus setting featuring native plantings, walking paths, and a sports field adjacent to the building.
- Spatial experience
- The elevated volume creates a sweeping gateway effect, framing distant views while establishing distinct zones for pedestrian walkways and recreation below.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating diagonal structural bays framing the primary facade ribbon windows.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate monumentalism
- Program
- Corporate headquarters or athletic facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture