Envision Energy Headquarters, Wind energy and movement were the formal inspiration for the building’s massing, facade and interior organization. The building is composed of two glass volumes that sheer along the north/south axis, forming a 10-meter cantilever that marks the main entrance. Using the company’s blue logo, AECOM branded the interior of the building using the same palette to create an association between the architectural space and the product. The passage of air “sculpts the interior of the building, carving an atrium space, which is flooded with light, from the main entrance to the inner program of the headquarters.”
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The facade is composed of a perforated metallic skin that functions as a solar veil. ” Both sections of the bisected exterior skin flow around a crucial design feature — the central, airfoil-shaped “Envision Eye” which links the headquarters to the adjacent assembly facility. This connection relates the two buildings to one another without compromising their distinct identities and functions,” write AECOM.
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Exhibition and curation is a key conceptual component of the design which is carried out through the coordinated circulation through the headquarters that informs visitors and employees of wind turbine technologies and renewable energy. The exhibition includes Envision’s products, operations, monitoring, and fabrication. Visitors are also given the chance to see how monitors track Envision’s turbines. In this way the facility functions as an educational tool, giving visitors an insight into the operations of the facility and the global impacts of wind turbine technology.
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Project Info:
Architect: AECOM
Design: Carlos Madrid III, Cory Ticktin; Management: Jane Chen
Master Planning: AECOM
Structural: AECOM
MEP: AECOM
Interior Design: AECOM
Curtain Wall Contractor: Gartner Group
Contractor: Jiangsu Nantong No.3
Construction: Group Co. Ltd
Project Name: Envision Energy Headquarters
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