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| **** Honor Award **** |
esri Building E
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| Completion |
8 / 2021 |
| Specific Use of Building |
Workplace Office |
| Project Location |
1107 West Park Avenue, Redlands, CA 92373 |
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ESRI, a GIS mapping company, wanted to provide off-campus technology support employees with a new building on their global headquarters campus.. Situated on a highly visible corner of the site, the building makes a forward-looking environmentally responsive statement. The form is sophisticatedly simple, breaking from vernacular with exterior fins that wrap all four sides. The fins alternate around the envelope, shading the glazing from direct sunlight yet maximizing natural light infiltration to the interior to optimize energy use. This climate-responsive solution takes advantage of California’s semi-arid climate and abundant sunlight. The rectangular building footprint is punctured by a courtyard with lush land and water scaping. A pedestrian bridge at the above grade main level floats across the recessed courtyard, while overhanging glass-clad balconies create unique perspectives and interaction zones between building and courtyard. The courtyard injects views and daylight across the interior floorplate, connecting employees to place – and to ESRI’s motto “the science of where.” With the void of the courtyard as a generative point, the interior program breaks the orthogonal, spiraling outward to the perimeter and featuring circular and radial insertions.
This four-story, 115,000 SF building initially houses 300 employees, but will expand to a maximum of over 400 employees as the company continues to grow. 61 underground covered parking spaces supplement 453 adjacent surface parking spaces. Two entries provide easy access from both the parking and the nearest campus building. That campus connection is emphasized with a new pedestrian bridge that crosses the Mission Channel waterway. Combining cast-in-place concrete and a structural steel system brought both efficiencies in cost and schedule, and design flexibility with minimal column interiors. Full-size mockups of the exterior fins provided options that considered local sourcing, cost, installation ease, and maintenance. From below-grade to the rooftop, the design is tailored to the site and to energy goals. The first occupied floor is above grade to accommodate an existing floodplain, while mechanical systems are located below-grade to maximize roof-mounted solar. With energy conservation design and renewables, the facility is net-zero energy ready.
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