water books

Morphosis created this Giant Campus project that is a compact village which accommodates diverse functions in a flexible framework of forms that move in and out of a folded landscape plane. Situated amid existing canals and a new man made lake, the undulating office building interacts with an augmented ground plane, joining architecture to landscape and environment to site. The East Campus office building contains 3 zones: open, non-hierarchical office space; private offices, and executive suites. Meanwhile the library, an auditorium, an exhibition space, and a café situated on the east campus is also located into the environment. On the West Campus, additional program space-submerged below an expansive, undulating green roof- includes a pool, a multi-purpose sports court, and additional relaxation and fitness spaces for employees. The landform culminates to the west at a company guest hotel where glass-floored private bedroom suites project over a wildlife pond. The Architects have carved out the landscape for several plazas to provide outdoor break and recreational spaces for employees. Several features on the project maximise both energy efficiency and occupant comfort includinga a green roof that provides thermal mass that limits the heat gain and reduces cooling expenditures, the façade’s double skin and insulated glass curtain wall minimize solar heat gain and improve overall efficiency, a central circulation spine, along with the recreational amenities and plazas provide opportunities for chance encounters and places for employees to gather without the confines of cubicles or unnecessary divisions and finally the narrow profile of the office building combined with a system of skylights ensure that employees have continuous access to natural daylight.