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AT FIRST SIGHT
First, as Joe Collins, partner at ZGF Ar- chitects, explains, since the climate means fewer demands on the energy performance of the building’s administrative wing, “the big goal was to provide a healthy workplace, open and filled with natural light, while permitting natural ventilation and efficient
chilled beam systems to provide cooling.” An exterior component, “an extensive shad- ing canopy,” he says, is a signature compo- nent that also has a supporting efficiency role in that it “provides infrastructure to support photovoltaic panels.”
Secondly, the envelope, the rest of the
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THE HEART OF THE MATTER. On Stanford University’s campus, drawing inspiration from the physiology of the human cardiovascular system, the new Central Energy Facility takes its cues from the existing university build- ings. Colored board-formed concrete plays on classic limestone, enhanced by extensive glazing, steel columns, and polished aluminum.
exterior, and the massing and location of the building all are marshaled along a different line: aesthetics. As Collins says: “From the outset we wanted this building, which is not generally regarded as an architectural design opportunity, to be very much a ‘Stanford’ building. The materials utilized are humble and appropriate for a central utility plant, but still beautiful and reflective of the Stanford kit-of-parts: warm board-formed concrete and corten (steel) panels recall the Stanford buff-colored limestone; high-performance glass in large panels creates transparency and connects the interior to the exterior.”
Finally, how the location of the building factored in is interesting. “The central plant’s position at the edge of campus ne- cessitated a design that considered its role as an entry to campus, a terminus to an important campus planning axis, as well as a transition to the surrounding residential neighborhood,” says Collins, adding about the end result, “It is a high-performance infrastructure building that has as much to
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