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Ringsby Court, Denver, CO, United States
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Other Projects by Dynia Architects
DRIVE
Ringsby Court, Denver, CO, United States
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
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2013 AIA Western Mountain Region Award
2013 AIA Denver Design Citation Award
2013 ENR Mountain States Best Projects
2013 ULI Colorado Impact Award: Innovation
2013 Westworld’s Best of Denver Awards: Office
2013 Mayor’s Design Award (M. Hancock - Denver)
2014 AIA Wyoming Merit Award
2014 AIA Colorado Honor Award
Design Architect – Dynia Architects
Executive Architect – Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture
DRIVE, a 100,000 square foot speculative commercial complex comprised of two phases, is the latest addition to the TAXI development in the gritty River North (RINO) district in Denver, Colorado. Originally conceived as a single building, DRIVE was cleaved by the economic downturn into two phases to correspond with available financing. The just-completed second phase (DRIVE 2) completes an innovative “new economy” work environment that has been well received by its users and the community. It is the recipient of the Urban Land Institute of Colorado’s Impact Award for Innovation in 2013, the (Denver) Mayor’s Design Award, 2013, as well as being voted the year’s Best New Office Building in the popular press.
Innovative strategies were employed to achieve the DRIVE mission of a vibrant workplace. Communal amenities, social spaces and innovative workplace opportunities combine to define a new genre of office environment that fosters internal interaction and a relationship to the immediate context and the broader environment. In DRIVE 1, the entry lobby is a café, coffee kiosk and meeting space. DRIVE 2 includes a top floor event space, the largest of the many common meeting spaces throughout the TAXI complex. Unconventional placement of large garage doors on all levels opens the building to the urban skyline and to mountain views, providing infiltration of light and air, and creating a sense of connection to the outdoors in a city focused on outdoor activity.
Internally, the zones with garage doors create nodes of social activity at the upper floors. Daylight also infiltrates the interior spaces via skylights with glass floors that filter light to the lower levels. In DRIVE 1 this skylight is in a linear form. In DRIVE 2 the skylights flank the cores. The dark corrugated skin of the building is applied in patterns that echo the movement of the adjacent railway activity. In an egalitarian innovation, locating small businesses on the top floor for optimum light and views inverts the standard conventions of commercial building design.
The building forms and siting reflect economic and site conditions. In DRIVE 1, the floor plate’s north edge was angled in response to a site utility easement, while its south end was designed in response to the breaking of the project into two phases – reflecting the uncertainty of the timing and program of a second phase. This broken façade was picked up and reflected in DRIVE 2, creating a dialogue between the buildings. DRIVE 2 was rotated in site orientation to provide better views of the city skyline. The result is two separate buildings, decoupled and drifting apart yet perceived as a single identity.
2013 AIA Denver Design Citation Award
2013 ENR Mountain States Best Projects
2013 ULI Colorado Impact Award: Innovation
2013 Westworld’s Best of Denver Awards: Office
2013 Mayor’s Design Award (M. Hancock - Denver)
2014 AIA Wyoming Merit Award
2014 AIA Colorado Honor Award
Design Architect – Dynia Architects
Executive Architect – Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture
DRIVE, a 100,000 square foot speculative commercial complex comprised of two phases, is the latest addition to the TAXI development in the gritty River North (RINO) district in Denver, Colorado. Originally conceived as a single building, DRIVE was cleaved by the economic downturn into two phases to correspond with available financing. The just-completed second phase (DRIVE 2) completes an innovative “new economy” work environment that has been well received by its users and the community. It is the recipient of the Urban Land Institute of Colorado’s Impact Award for Innovation in 2013, the (Denver) Mayor’s Design Award, 2013, as well as being voted the year’s Best New Office Building in the popular press.
Innovative strategies were employed to achieve the DRIVE mission of a vibrant workplace. Communal amenities, social spaces and innovative workplace opportunities combine to define a new genre of office environment that fosters internal interaction and a relationship to the immediate context and the broader environment. In DRIVE 1, the entry lobby is a café, coffee kiosk and meeting space. DRIVE 2 includes a top floor event space, the largest of the many common meeting spaces throughout the TAXI complex. Unconventional placement of large garage doors on all levels opens the building to the urban skyline and to mountain views, providing infiltration of light and air, and creating a sense of connection to the outdoors in a city focused on outdoor activity.
Internally, the zones with garage doors create nodes of social activity at the upper floors. Daylight also infiltrates the interior spaces via skylights with glass floors that filter light to the lower levels. In DRIVE 1 this skylight is in a linear form. In DRIVE 2 the skylights flank the cores. The dark corrugated skin of the building is applied in patterns that echo the movement of the adjacent railway activity. In an egalitarian innovation, locating small businesses on the top floor for optimum light and views inverts the standard conventions of commercial building design.
The building forms and siting reflect economic and site conditions. In DRIVE 1, the floor plate’s north edge was angled in response to a site utility easement, while its south end was designed in response to the breaking of the project into two phases – reflecting the uncertainty of the timing and program of a second phase. This broken façade was picked up and reflected in DRIVE 2, creating a dialogue between the buildings. DRIVE 2 was rotated in site orientation to provide better views of the city skyline. The result is two separate buildings, decoupled and drifting apart yet perceived as a single identity.
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