The clients goal is to create visual enjoyment at the level of use, creating depth in the facades. The building bridges between the private and public realm to give something to people to look at.
"There was this desire and ambition to look at the skin of the building and make it both of this time and of the moment, but also to reintroduce through the terracotta a sense of timelessness."
Jury, AIA | DC Chapter Design Awards
AWARDS
AIA/DC Design Award 2015
Urban Land Institute Washington, Excellence in Office Development Award 2015
SCJ began the design process by carefully examining the goals for the building, as expressed both by the owner and the architect. The glaze finish should give something to people to look at, as a positive force in people's lives.
A thoughtful range of possible glazes that pursued different ideas for colour, texture and finish of which a selection is shown below.
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The clients goal is to create visual enjoyment at the level of use, creating depth in the facades. The building bridges between the private and public realm to give something to people to look at. The buildings skin is important in terms of engagement and a vibrant part of the location. The context is socially, rediscovering architecture as a positive force in people's lifes, really adding something to the public realm. The owners are delighted with the results and the project is widely regarded as one of the most interesting new office buildings in the city.
