The T Bailey Offices explore the idea of using the client?s product?
pipes used in wind turbine towers ? in the construction of their
headquarters. This 11,700 sf office addition adjoins the existing heavy
industrial manufacturing plant of T Bailey. All steel fabrication and
erection takes place in the plant adjoining the project.
Visitors
enter the building and climb to the main office space via a horizontal
14? and vertical 22? diameter pipes. Located within the vertical pipe,
a skylight and large fan ventilate the main office floor. The skylight
and fan are powered by solar energy. Warm air is sucked from the office
space through the stairway pipe and evacuated out of the building,
significantly reducing the cooling load.
Materials are
unfinished ? concrete floors, unfinished steel, and an exposed
structure ? giving the space a raw aesthetic while reducing the
coatings and toxic materials added to the building. The roof?s slope
directs runoff into a rain garden and adjoining landscape.