UK structure studio Foster + Companions has accomplished an administration constructing in South Carolina with a winged roof that covers a skybridge.
Positioned in Greenville, the Greenville County Administration Constructing incorporates places of work and is a part of a wider redevelopment of the county’s central sq. by RocaPoint Companions.
The constructing consists of two separate glass volumes conjoined by a winged roof that covers a central walkway and an elevated skybridge connecting the third ground.
“The constructing will make a big contribution to Greenville County, performing as a spot for native individuals to satisfy in serene pure environment,” mentioned Foster + Companions head of studio Nigel Dancey.
“The overhanging roof converges to create a shaded plaza, with crisp edges that intensify the constructing’s distinctive kind.”
At its centre, the roof protrudes in a pyramidal cover, which is made from a sequence of translucent panels framed with brown metallic.
Vibrant, built-in lighting illuminates the central area at night time.
A glass curtain wall envelopes every quantity. The workforce states mentioned the glass was used to symbolically erase the boundary between the general public and the federal government.
Inside, places of work and “huge” foyer areas had been distributed throughout the constructing’s 4 storeys.
Heat-coloured metallic was used for accents on the facade, that are a nod to the Greenville County panorama and the brick masonry traditionally used within the space.
This similar heat tone is discovered within the Corten metal of a veterans memorial that followers out simply in entrance of the constructing.
The constructing’s inside foyer is a double-height area with lofted walkways that encompass glass-enclosed places of work. Supporting columns, wrapped in a metallic end, create distinct visible and bodily markers within the area.
The flooring, partitions and ceiling had been completed in a vibrant white, contrasted by the darkish framing of the glass curtain wall and black furnishings within the foyer.
The constructing faces a public area which is able to ultimately be populated with cafes, eating places and a fountain, in line with the workforce.
At its again, an extended staircase runs down a slope to satisfy the encircling sidewalk.
It can act as a hyperlink between surrounding inexperienced areas in Greenville’s central sq., which incorporates the linear Falls Park.
Foster + Companions lately revealed designs for a mixed-use growth with fluted colonnades for Miami Seashore and topped out the brand new JPMorgan headquarters in New York Metropolis.
The images is by Brandon Stengel
