Project Tag: design
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GE Aerospace LEAP Engine Facility
Elevated Manufacturing Design Defined by Light, Structure, and Purpose
The 35’ clear height manufacturing space included 80’ structural spans with 12.5 ton beam cranes, 10” thick, ultra-flat, polished concrete floors and generous amounts of natural light provided by expansive clerestory windows. The tiered ceiling panels within the assembly space help humanize the scale. They serve as a space transition and a subtle representation of flight. The finishes are intentionally light, clean, and neutral. This notion relates directly to the GE brand and the idea of intentional design without compromise.
Aerodynamic Form and Composite Innovation Translated into Architectural Expression
The office/administrative portion of the building was designed to express the aerodynamic curvature and the composite construction techniques of the LEAP engine, most notably its fan blade, by dramatically incorporating several overlapping layers of sinuously curved metal, glass, and steel.
Immersive Entry Experience Reflects the Movement and Technology of the LEAP Engine
The interior design reinforces the intentional nature of the engine while embracing the technology. The central greeting point is a reception desk designed as a seamless, clean cone and constructed of solid surface. Beautifully crafted metal composite triangles are suspended above the reception desk representing the combustion technology present within the LEAP engine. In addition, this sculptural element contributes to the notion of movement so dominantly present within the architecture.
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GE Waukesha Engine Factory
A Data-Driven Manufacturing Environment Designed to Empower a Self-Directed Workforce
GE charged the design team to deliver an engine manufacturing facility for state-of-the-art manufacturing processes that would be fully connected to the industrial internet, providing real time data analytics and feedback to the manufacturing floor personnel. The facility was designed to provide inspiring and collaborative work and meeting spaces to empower and uplift GE’s self-directed workforce.
Illuminating the Brilliant Factory
The project design principles included: creating brilliant, luminous working environments within the plant and office spaces by introducing generous amounts of natural daylight; putting the Multimodal Assembly Area on display from the Main Lobby, providing a large window wall between the 2 areas; and using daylighting as a metaphor for the “Brilliant Factory,” illuminating GE’s advanced engine manufacturing technology.
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Roche Diagnostics Lab and Office
A Light-Filled Architectural Expression of Roche’s Culture and Technology
In order to maximize natural light while adhering to sustainable design features, detailed 3-D models, sun path studies, building sections, and energy analysis models were developed and analyzed to inform the final design configuration of the west façade shading system and glazing. The design solution creates a carefully designed, glazed west-facing façade which allows very controlled, diffused natural daylight directly into the circulation atrium and deeply into the lab, office, and interaction spaces beyond.
The interior spaces were designed with extensive interior glazing to display the advanced laboratory technology and innovation that is central to Roche’s business success and corporate culture, as well as to allow for the deep penetration of natural light. The Design Team combined very clean, European modernist materials and furnishings with a warm palette of neutral hues and accent colors rooted in the native Indiana landscape.
Advanced, Sustainable Design
As the result of the client’s tech-based culture and high design aspirations, the design team employed a rigorous, multidisciplinary, sustainable design approach to create an uplifting, technologically advanced facility that inspires its scientific staff and expresses its culture of scientific innovation.
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Cummins Seymour Technical Center
Architectural Expression Meets Solar Performance
The main entrances incorporate dramatically cantilevered steel canopies, which are reminiscent of Columbus, Indiana’s iconic red suspension bridge. The office building’s exterior was designed with an advanced engineered skin, incorporating an exterior daylighting and shading system. Each of the primary exterior façades has been purposefully designed to respond to its specific and unique solar orientation.
Design elements inspired by engine assembly reinforce the connection between plant and office.
Cummins wanted to “bring the office into the plant, and the plant into the office.” Highly durable and raw industrial materials such as corrugated steel panels, polished concrete, and wood slats fastened to exposed metal studs were incorporated throughout the office environment. These same materials can be found on the plant floor, and therefore subtly reinforce the connection. The engine assembly and finishing process was carefully examined early in the design process with the goal of informing the final design. Elements of the manufacturing process are on display in the office area through the incorporation of design features such as the compound curves and finish found on powder-coated steel benches which mimic the sleek lines of the engines.
Highly flexible, ergonomic workspace solutions and state-of-the-art audiovisual collaboration systems allow the engineers to tailor how and where they work.
Flexible Workspaces for Collaboration and Focus
A variety of flexible meeting rooms, focus booths, soft seating areas, and social hubs are available to accommodate the changing needs of their workforce and promote interaction, collaboration, and engineering innovation.
Spaces that Inspire and Uplift
The Cummins Seymour Technical Center does more than provide much needed space for engineering staff – it uplifts their work force in beautiful spaces and is an inspiring reflection of Cummins’ proud tradition of world-class engineering.
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The Palladium
The hall’s interior was influenced by the neoclassical designs of the
18th-century Scottish architect Robert Adam.The concert hall with high ceilings and massive, sound-reflecting walls. The room itself is symmetrical, from side to side and front to back, creating a central column that is topped with a cylindrical dome with an oculus in the middle. The two oval spaces that fuse into the central volume are also symmetrical from front to back with identical outermost walls and ceilings surrounding the half dome
Designing the Canopy
The outstanding technical feature of the Palladium is its adjustable-height
glass acoustic canopy, the result of an intense collaborative effort between
the acoustical designer, the architect, and and the rigging expert.The finished canopy is made up of multiple trapezoidal pieces of glass in
varying thicknesses, tilted to catch and reflect the sound frequencies and
mounted in four sections on a steel frame that is raised and lowered via
a dead-haul drum-and-winch system.
The exterior features a four-fronted symmetrical design.
A raised colonnade portico on the south façade faces Carmel City center’s village green and creates a grand entrance at the top of the orchestra level. The east and west facades provide ground-level entry vestibules, allowing barrier-free access to the lower orchestra level on each side.
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River North at Keystone
Design That Draws You Outward
Upon entering the 116,836 square foot, 5-story building, visitors are immediately drawn to the pass-through views of the lake. The interior design is intentionally subtle, but sophisticated. This design philosophy encourages the eye to continue outward to reinforce the connection to nature. Biophilic patterns can be found throughout the interior design, which is a unique concept for multi-tenant development.
Biophilic Design, Thoughtfully Detailed
The views to the water and connection to nature were leveraged, and to further the biophilic story the design team incorporated biomorphic patterns within the interior wood cladding, utilized simple-natural materials, and homed in on the human desire for an identifiable but safe risk situation at the glass railing overlook. The natural beauty of the walnut wood is observed from the main floor on the underside of the stairs and is intended to symbolize the complexity and order found in nature.
Refined Office Experience Within Vibrant Mixed‑Use Destination
The River North office building at its core incorporates a simplistic design approach. However, digging deeper, the design is extremely complex and unique to the market. The design provides a piece of serenity within a continually evolving and very desirable area of Indianapolis. Visitors and tenants enjoy, within walking distance, many of the City’s most highly regarded restaurants and retail shops. This building is part of a holistic redevelopment of Keystone at the Crossing, including a five-story, 198-unit apartment building and parking garage, and a 129-room Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel.
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The Taft Center
Classic Materials and Signature Details Create a Fresh Legal Space
Designers incorporated simple forms with classic material choices, balanced by distinctive design features. These elements, coupled with the playful constellation of lights and identifiable repetition of the signature Taft forward slash, create a space that is fresh and exclusive in the legal profession.
Transparent Design Enhanced by Acoustic Precision and Iconic Graphics
Understanding the sensitivities of the business that Taft conducts, and their desire to maximize the glass within the conference rooms, the design team worked closely with CSO’s acoustician to design an all-glass system that maximizes acoustic benefits. This resulted in nearly uninterrupted walls of glass, which terminate at a back-printed glass panel that features downtown’s iconic Monument Circle.
Inviting Street‑Front Café
The café space, which is strategically located to incorporate a street-front presence, offers an inviting urban feel with a natural palette.
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Forty540
An Integrated Social Space
CSO’s interior designers worked with the owner to provide a lobby design that capitalizes on the concept of using the public area as an integrated community space. A social gathering lounge directly off the lobby provides space to meet, relax, and play. The finishes from the lobby stretch seamlessly into the lounge to create a connection and remove perceived barriers, thus breathing life into the lobby as well. A variety of seating options welcomes visitors and encourages them to utilize the space to meet their needs.
Classic Form, Modernized
The architectural design reinterprets the classic base, middle, and top composition of commercial/public buildings in a more contemporary aesthetic. The exterior precast concrete skin uses three different colors and textures transcending from dark at the bottom to light at the top. The majority of the façade is composed of floor to ceiling punched windows, but incorporates sections of vertical precast panels and glass curtain wall to accent the main entrance and corners of the building.
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MJ Insurance Corporate Headquarters
Redefining the Insurance Office Through Open, Collaborative Design
While many companies in the insurance industry build offices with high walls, MJ Insurance set out to buck norms. They moved to a highly collaborative open office environment unique to their industry. In order to support this culture-promoting design decision, the team included conference rooms, enclaves, and focus rooms of many shapes and sizes to ensure that both morale and productivity would increase in the new space.
Design and Leadership Alignment Reinforce a Balanced, Open Work Environment
Designers worked to provide the right furniture solutions to support an open work environment with a strong need for both collaboration and privacy. Company leadership showed their commitment to the design by joining the employees in open office workstations.
Translating Core Values into a Cohesive Workplace and Brand Identity
The culture at MJ Insurance centers around six core values: Passion, Leadership, Personal Development, Incremental Growth, Innovation, and Fun. These values drove the entire design – from the open office configuration to the centrally located social areas – but they are most evident in a consistent branding concept.
A Branded Art Installation That Visually Connects Leadership, Culture, and Growth
MJ’s boardroom connects to the lobby with a glass storefront, which allows a branded art installation to span the two spaces. At the far end of the conference room is a white grid with vibrant yellow plus signs at many of the intersections. That grid becomes a series of extruded white-and-yellow plus signs of various heights and sizes, suspended from the ceiling and streaming into the lobby until they end over the monumental stair. The grid represents the discipline required for leadership, personal development, and incremental growth while the shape and color of the plus signs connect to MJ’s values of passion and fun. The company instantly connected with the installation and used the concept to relaunch their national brand.
Strategic Use of Materials and Branding Adds Energy and Personality to the Space
MJ Insurance asked for an infusion of fun in their space. Sliding felt panels, a carpet pattern developed, and a unique series of branding elements did just that for this hard-working group.
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IBJ Media Headquarters
CSO turned constraints—low ceilings and odd angles—into character at IBJ’s new headquarters.
Cursed with low ceilings and odd angles, the space presented challenges for space planning and capturing natural light. CSO’s interiors team focused on the positive – great views of Monument Circle and raw building materials that told the story of the building’s past. The designers embraced the odd building shape as an opportunity to carve out interesting spaces.
Upon entering the IBJ’s new offices, visitors are greeted by a custom art installation created from rolled up pieces of the IBJ’s past publications. Working closely with CSO, the artist took great care to highlight quirky references to Indiana, setting a sophisticated-but-fun tone from the very beginning.
Front-Desk Branding Pays Tribute to Printing Press Letters
The reception desk sits in front of a black-on-black logo, representing raised printing press letters covered in black ink, a reference to the history of the profession.
Where Print Meets Digital: Old and New in Harmony
Other creative decisions were guided by the mostly linear layout of a newspaper and by the idea of the old meeting the new. As we sit at a crossroads between digital and printed news consumption, this new office tells a beautiful story of those things working in harmony with each other both in function and aesthetic.
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Carr Workplaces – Central Park
Grounded in Nature, Elevated by Craft and Detail
The color palette draws inspiration from the natural surroundings by utilizing earth tones and wood contrasted with black and brass details. Arches, fluting, and stone-look countertops and flooring bring elegance into the space allowing it to evoke a grand demeanor. By combining a tranquil pallet with sleek finishes, the workplace becomes a space where glamour and elegance can coexist.
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A Refined Urban Workspace Designed for Focus, Function, and Creativity
This coworking space aims to be a haven for professionals seeking a unique and inspiring work environment within the heart of New York City. It marries the timeless elegance of Art Deco with the practicality and functionality demanded by the modern workforce, creating a space where work and creativity thrive.
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Bartlett Reflection Center
A Glass-Walled Gathering Room Designed to Inspire Dialogue and Connection
The Center is anchored by a glass-walled gathering room featuring a towering limestone fireplace that serves as a backdrop to group discussions, lectures, sermons, and events.
Academic and Reflective Spaces Enhanced by Outdoor Decks and Natural Surroundings
The building also includes a theological library and extensive outdoor deck areas in order to enjoy the surrounding environment.
A Sustainably Designed Building Integrating Regional Materials, Ecological Restoration, and Daylit Interiors
The small structure was designed sustainably to minimize its impact on the environment and its immediate environs. The building was constructed with natural, regional, and recycled materials. The site and adjacent habitat were restored with native Indiana plants and incorporate a natural rainwater treatment pond. The interior environments were designed to maximize natural light, views, human comfort, and controllability. CSO completed this project in conjunction with Lake Flato.
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Marriott Hall
Student-Operated Restaurants Anchored by a Teaching Kitchen
The interior features a two-story dining space with a coffee bar and two student-operated restaurants: The John Purdue Room, a fine-dining restaurant in which students prepare and serve the food and manage the kitchen and dining room, and The Boiler Bistro, a quick-service restaurant where the food is cooked to order. These spaces are supported by the Teaching Kitchen, which functions as a lab as well as the main kitchen preparation area for the facility.
Culinary Instruction Anchored by a Live Teaching Kitchen
A 95-seat demonstration hall consists of a lecture room with a kitchen that is used to teach cooking classes.
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Joshi Performance Hall
Blending Acoustic Performance with Visual Warmth
Each element of the design supplements the integrated sound system, in order to achieve a harmonious balance of sound and “sparkle”. The formerly carpeted walls are now clad in rich wood paneling and acoustic diffusion systems which add physical and acoustical warmth to the space.
Sophisticated Textures and Color Create a Fully Immersive Experience
Deep red tapestry has been integrated into the side walls to add an air of sophistication to the space. All of the elements work together and create an experience for every patron, allowing them to be completely enveloped by the art being performed on stage.
A World‑Class Venue Designed for Performance, Education, and Recording
The performance hall provides a world class venue for chamber music, soloist, and small ensemble performances in addition to providing the use of state-of-the-art recording equipment for students and faculty.
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Health Sciences Building
A Forward‑Looking Facility Designed for Adaptability, Visibility, and Connection
The building design presents a transparent, flexible concept that allows for current and future needs of the programs housed within. The building’s prominent location creates an ideal venue for an outdoor seating and interaction area adjacent to the indoor café.
Bringing Health Science Programs Together in a Shared, Collaborative Learning Hub
The building consolidates several departments into a collaborative and integrated learning environment that promotes intellectual and social interaction among students and faculty. Included in the design are teaching spaces, faculty areas, research labs, and wellness-related areas for the physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, kinesiology, and psychology programs.
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Lacy School of Business
Open, Visible Spaces That Spark Creative Collisions
The design provides visibility by creating transparent spaces that invite participation in central locations around the multi-story atrium at the heart of the building. In addition, the central, broad, open stairs and generous balconies encourage creative collisions as students, faculty, and visitors move and interact throughout the building.
A Hub Where Learning, Business, and Collaboration Converge
The Innovation Commons, which opens onto the central atrium, is equipped for students to start and run their own businesses as well as a wide range of other types of experiential learning. The Centers, distributed around the main level, provide space where business professionals, faculty, and students work together to solve business challenges. Glass overhead doors open to connect to the atrium and convey the importance and vitality of that work to the school and its guests.
A Legacy Woven into the Building: The Story of Andre B. Lacy
The Butler Business School is named in honor of Andre B. Lacy, a local, successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, as well as a committed family man and daring adventurer. CSO’s design honored his life with a series of installations that incorporate a collection of custom-designed icons representing his many facets. The icons appear throughout the building as design elements in areas such as the rug in the main atrium and small medallions that are hidden throughout the building.
A Timeline of Growth, Purpose, and Possibility
A timeline of Andre Lacy’s life takes the form of 25 envelopes, connecting his first job in a mailroom and the endowment gift, reminding students that their humble beginnings can build to something great.
Design Details That Carry Memory, Craft, and Continuity
The design team also featured objects that were important to Lacy – the time clock Lacy once used to clock into his job and the motorcycle he rode across continents. These were both gifts from the family who were intimate collaborators on the project.
The conference table in the board room adjacent to the Dean’s office features the Lacy family knot and is a duplication of a table that exists at Lacy’s corporate headquarters.
A New Landmark Shaping the Heart of the Campus
Located in a prominent place on the campus, visible from the east entrance, the building completes the cross axis of the original campus masterplan. The building’s vertical towers and active silhouette reflect the characteristics of the much-loved historic campus. The building replaces a parking lot and defines the intersection of the two major green spaces at the center of the campus. CSO completed this project in collaboration with Goody Clancy.
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