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World Headquarters Armonk, New York, USA |
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this building we attempted to intensify the dialogue between nature and
technology. The site was adjacent to a wooded rocky ravine of weighty
visual drama. The program, office space for one of the world’s leading
computer companies, encouraged us to express the cutting edge of
technology. Our strategy was one of "woven juxtaposition", which countered the natural landscape with the sharpness and lightness of stainless steel. However, we also faceted and fractured the surfaces of the structure to interweave with the facets and fractures of the natural site. At one level we sought contast; on another level we attempted an interlock. The building is composed of stretched, tendon-like horizontal elements which bind together key points of the site. Anchored to the earth by a stone base, these tempered horizontals move across the land with the intensity of a lightning strike. They culminate in a prismatic roof surface which attempts to capture the spirit of the changing sky. The distinction between roof and wall is erased in an effort to achieve a greater visual unity. The bond between architecture and nature is further strengthened by landscape interventions.
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