Early concept sketches showing the fluid forms that would characterize the design.
The building is a repurposed Steelcase furniture manufacturing warehouse. Early site plans contemplated a large interior mall, which then evolved to an exterior mall that carved through the existing warehouse but allowed structure to be reused in the new grid layout along with new office towers.
The landscape design concept began with the chair: to provide support, comfort, adaptability, and a free range of motion.
These ideas were then reduced to the simple goal: Structure the soft, soften the structure, and simplify. This was
achieved by manipulating the ground plane to form seating, walls, and transitions to planting beds
The design displays relics of the facility throughout the property, celebrating the history of the Steelcase company that once occupied the site.
Conceptual design & ZBA Application, 2011-2012
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