mass timber data center
COMPLETED 2023 \ UTILE
the mass timber data center is located on the traditional lands of the hopewell peoples.
PROJECT STATS
PROGRAM office space for data center campus
LOCATION ohio
SIZE 54,200 sf
HEIGHT 1 story, 19’-9” typ and 23’-0” max
CONSTRUCTION TYPE IV
though their name was given by the colonizer who later owned a farm on their land and discovered artifacts of their existence, they were a robust community of hunters, gatherers, and traders. they are perhaps best known for their burial mounds, which are stewarded today by the national parks service.
THIS PROJECT WAS ONE OF THE OFFICE’S FIRST MASS TIMBER BUILDINGS, AND THE FIRST ONE AT THIS SCALE. THE NARRATIVE OF THE MASSING FOCUSED ON AN INTERIOR COURTYARD WITH TWO ‘JEWELS’ FROM WHICH THE COURTYARD COULD VIEW THE INTERIOR, AND THE INTERIOR THE COURTYARD. THESE MOMENTS ARE CAPTURED BY THE FRONT LOBBY AND THE DOUBLE-HEIGHT CAFE. NEUTRAL COLORED TECTUM HIGHLIGHTS THE EXPOSED MASS TIMBER ELEMENTS IN THE CEILINGS OF BOTH SPACES, ELEVATING THE USER EXPERIENCE BY MAINTAINING A SENSE OF HONESTY.
THE INTERIOR APPROACH WAS COLORFUL, PLAYFUL, AND LOCALLY-INFLUENCED. WALL GRAPHICS IN THE CAFE INCLUDE ARCHITECTURAL MOTIFS FOUND AMONG THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF CLEVELAND. THE CUSTOM WALLCOVERING IN THE GYM PAYS HOMAGE TO THE FAMOUS OHIO STATE MARCHING BAND. ROOM NAMES AND SIDELITE DECALS ARE DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY LOCAL HIKING TRAILS, RIVERWAYS, AND NATURAL ATTRACTIONS.
