Workplace + Public Realm
Stanford 2015
The program is centered around the idea of “exchange” — between the constituencies that compose the public realm (namely, artists and knowledge workers) and M-Dash, the company owner of the project. Exchange is addressed through two sectional moves: the first, a two-story compressed layer that horizontally cuts through the building skin into the adjacent plaza, and the other, a sweeping layer originating in the plaza and drawing up toward the central interior of the building. Both are illustrated in the conceptual section diagram.
