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The 5,000
sf addition was designed to surround and screen the original
two-story building that lacked visual interest and character. A
new main entrance is angled to address the two legs of the new
paved parking lot. Visitors are welcomed by a Doric column
supported pergola and entrance canopy. The light-filled lobby
features a clearstory tower-like roof that helps denote the
entrance from the distance.
The addition
is organized around a central courtyard that completes a
circular circulation path around the office and allows the
interior of the building to enjoy views to the outdoors and gain
natural daylight. The use of Doric columns and a trellis pergola
is repeated in the courtyard. New private offices, sized to
match dimensions of existing offices, for professional staff and
project managers are arranged around the perimeter of the
addition. Corridors extend from the lobby and serve as galleries
for the display of project photos and information.
A large new
studio for CAD production staff at open office workstation
cubicles enjoys natural daylight and views to the courtyard and
to the street. The studio is given a sense of spaciousness and
volume by the use of high ceilings with open, exposed wood
trusses and linear, direct/indirect light fixtures. A new
basement underneath the studio provides much needed record and
archival filing and storage space. |
