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505 Hobbs
Type
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
We found inspiration for this building in the unique, natural, and mostly-untouched landscape of the Ozark Mountains in Jefferson City, MO. Fascinated by the area’s distinctive topographic diversity and the role that humans have played in cutting through these striated limestone shelves the design is meant to respond to this occurrence and interpret this idea into built architecture. Our steeply sloping site, nearly all infill shotrock, led us to a two-story building, immediately demanding a solution to the practical issue of egress. Opting to swap the value of an elevator for a more intensive site-work production, the design quarries-away a slice of land between ‘existing landscape’ and ‘found artifact’ creating perceived square footage, light transmittance, and relevance to concept, going beyond simply incorporating an egress ramp in the interstice. Seemingly having been cut out of the natural landscape the building precariously cantilevers above the sliding hillside.The narrow 32’ wide single span interior allows natural light and views to be a significant part of the workplace providing a strong connection with the outdoors from most anywhere within the space. In detail decisions throughout the building the attempt has been to balance clean, sophisticated office sensibility with exposed structure, truth-to-material, and a minimalist approach. In this way it not only allows focus on the surrounding landscape but the building itself is begins to engage and propose the natural interpretation of architecture on this site.
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