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Reliable Controls
Victoria, Canada
Type
YEAR
2012
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
When high-tech instruments firm Reliable Controls commissioned a 4,000
square-meter expansion to accommodate its growing research and development
department, D’Ambrosio Architecture + Urbanism had to rethink building systems
from first principles. The result was a certified LEED Platinum wood-structured
building that integrates passive technologies and sophisticated energyconservation
systems.
In order to preserve a stand of indigenous trees, the addition was fitted within the
boundaries of an existing parking lot. The addition links to the existing building to
functionally integrate the two structures. A landscaped “outdoor classroom”
courtyard, between the buildings, optimizes access to daylight and forms a
gathering space for the company as a whole. A sequence of rain planters and
bio-swales, beginning in the courtyard, follow the site topography and make
evident the storm-water management system.
Inside, the exposed structure (regionally-sourced wood and concrete) forms a
warm and human-scaled workspace. Narrow office floor-plates are arranged
around an atrium that brings in ambient light and draws ventilation to the roof.
The state-of-the-art environmental control system was designed and produced by
the client firm in collaboration with the project team. Motion-sensors and photosensors
work in combination with a rooftop weather station to wirelessly monitor
and adjust the building’s lighting and ventilation, as well as water and energy
use. Both hardware and software can be controlled and experimentally modified
by the resident research and development engineers through their computers
and mobile devices.
The exterior expression of the building combines a palette of natural materials
with mechanistic components; the fenestration is designed as an array of
modules punched into warm-toned brick and board-formed concrete walls. Each
window module integrates fixed and operable glazing with automated exterior
blinds and “trickle vent” fresh air intakes. The façade represents both the literal
product of the company and the building’s function as part of a research campus.
square-meter expansion to accommodate its growing research and development
department, D’Ambrosio Architecture + Urbanism had to rethink building systems
from first principles. The result was a certified LEED Platinum wood-structured
building that integrates passive technologies and sophisticated energyconservation
systems.
In order to preserve a stand of indigenous trees, the addition was fitted within the
boundaries of an existing parking lot. The addition links to the existing building to
functionally integrate the two structures. A landscaped “outdoor classroom”
courtyard, between the buildings, optimizes access to daylight and forms a
gathering space for the company as a whole. A sequence of rain planters and
bio-swales, beginning in the courtyard, follow the site topography and make
evident the storm-water management system.
Inside, the exposed structure (regionally-sourced wood and concrete) forms a
warm and human-scaled workspace. Narrow office floor-plates are arranged
around an atrium that brings in ambient light and draws ventilation to the roof.
The state-of-the-art environmental control system was designed and produced by
the client firm in collaboration with the project team. Motion-sensors and photosensors
work in combination with a rooftop weather station to wirelessly monitor
and adjust the building’s lighting and ventilation, as well as water and energy
use. Both hardware and software can be controlled and experimentally modified
by the resident research and development engineers through their computers
and mobile devices.
The exterior expression of the building combines a palette of natural materials
with mechanistic components; the fenestration is designed as an array of
modules punched into warm-toned brick and board-formed concrete walls. Each
window module integrates fixed and operable glazing with automated exterior
blinds and “trickle vent” fresh air intakes. The façade represents both the literal
product of the company and the building’s function as part of a research campus.
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