Precast concrete wall panels

One Research Drive, a four-story research and academic building on Clemson University’s CU-ICAR campus, features flexible research and office space for innovators and entrepreneurs supporting the region’s automotive cluster.  Located on a prominent entry into the campus, the building expresses the program’s technology focus with sleek metal, glass and concrete facades. The transparency of the design visually connects the advanced technologies inside the building with the connecting pedestrian plaza.   The 84,000 GSF facility offers high-bay lab space with on-grade access and flexible, easily reconfigured office suites. An exposed multi-floor structural truss framework maximizes open space internally while creat... More

“Architectural heritage and contemporary pixellation” From urban downfall to urban renewal At the turn of the twentieth century, the Courtillières neighbourhood was in decline and suffered from a degraded image: the isolated community had become subject to overpopulated housing units, a deteriorated housing stock, an increasingly impoverished population, rising unemployment rates, tension and violence in public spaces and schools, and dangerously high rates of illegal activity. In response to this alarming situation, the French state and local government authorities chose to implement public funds through the National Urban Renewal Agency (ANRU previously known as the “Grand Projet de Ville”) in an effort to remediate the existing conditi... More

The South Campus Central Chiller Plant is an iconic marker at a major entry and pathway into campus and provides the Medical District of The Ohio State University with a long term, efficient and sustainable solution for chilled water production and distribution. Conceived of as a “House for Energy,” the envelopeshowcases the energy-efficient chiller equipment inside and records the sun’s energy on the exterior. Glazed openings are specifically located to frame views of the chiller equipment, and dichroic glass fins and boxes change in color with the movement of the sun and cast color-changing shadows onto modular precast concrete wall panels that have been polished to a high sheen. The result is a dynamic façade that changes with the... More

Our clients asked us to design for them an industrial building at an industrial zone in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The existing tenant who occupied the site decided to relocate, so the client decided to design and build a new universal type of Industrial building, which would be able to accommodate variety of possible users. The site is relatively small, but very well positioned next to the railway lines and a quite busy industrial road with easy access to the site, gave us the opportunity in collaboration with our clients to come to the design solution you can see. The design includes a simple, square shaped production area or a potential open storage area with the two story office block located at the front. The office block we design... More