OUR CLIENT IS A COMPANY THAT HANDLES THE WORLDWIDE ACQUISITION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF HELICOPTERS AND PARTS. THEY ASKED OUR FIRM TO TRANSFORM AN EXISTING 10000 SQUARE FOOT DINGY, ABANDONED WAREHOUSE BUILDING INTO A WORKING ENVIRONMENT THEY COULD THRIVE WITHIN. ONE, IT WAS DECIDED, TO BE RICH WITH LIGHT, SPACE, AND SHADOW.

OUR DESIGN SOLUTION DRAWS ITS INSPIRATION FROM THE BUSINESS ITSELF, ON TWO LEVELS. THE TEAMING AREA IS THE NUCLEUS OF THE CUSTOMER INTERFACE, THE PRIMACY OF THIS AREA AS THE EPICENTER FROM WHICH ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS BOTH RADIATE AND FOCUS IS THE CONCRETE EXPRESSION OF THE COMPANY'S CUSTOMER-CENTERED BUSINESS MODEL. THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS ITSELF PROVIDED A SECOND UNIFYING CONCEPT. THE GENTLE MOVEMENTS AND CELEBRATION OF LIGHT AND SHADOW WITHIN THE SPACE ALL WORK TO EXPRESS A SENSE OF DELICATE SUSPENSION, AS IF HOVERING IN FLIGHT. BOTH LEVELS ARE INTIMATELY TIED TOGETHER IN FORM AND FUNCTION.

THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS ARE IMPLEMENTED WITH SUCCINCT BUT NOTICEABLE TOUCHES TO THE FACE OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. A SERIES OF AWNINGS AND SCREENS, SITE WALLS, AND CAREFULLY PLACED WINDOWS WERE CARRIED FROM THE INTERIOR TO THE EXTERIOR PATIO AND ENTRY TO GIVE EXPRESSION TO THE FACADE, AND HINT AT THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE SPACE.

ARCHITECT: MODULUS
CONTRACTOR: NOVO CONSTRUCTION
CLIENT: UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

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