Several of you have asked to see all of the images provided by Devon Energy for the new tower. So here you go. Above, the entire block is shown with One North Hudson to the left and the Colcord Hotel to the right.
A park will front Sheridan Avenue in front the tower’s “podium.”
Water pools will surround the property, with a grand public lobby and rotunda atrium looking out on the park.
The rotunda will light up at night, providing passersby a dramatic view of life inside Devon Energy’s new world headquarters.
Another look at the rotunda entrance.
Looking up at the rotunda, where people will be able to walk along bridges on the upper floors.
More models of the new Devon Energy tower and headquarters.
Schematic and floor plan for new Devon headquarters.
Several of you have asked to see all of the images provided by Devon Energy for the new tower. So here you go:
August 25th, 2008 at 6:14 am
copycat
August 25th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Gotta give the people what they want!
August 25th, 2008 at 6:28 am
Here’s another:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/devon_tower/presskit_12_southelevation.jpg
August 25th, 2008 at 9:25 am
By the way, they were surveying that corner this morning when I left the courthouse at about 9:30…
August 25th, 2008 at 10:12 am
It’s interesting that none of these drawings give you a clear picture of what the development will look like to the pedestrian passing by on the street.
Predictions: 1. The park will be busy at lunchtime on nice days and empty at other times. 2. No one will sit in the atrium longer than it takes to tie a shoe and move on. 3. No one will be walking on that sidewalk at night, between a closed-to-the-public Devon Tower and a closed Myriad Gardens.
How people respond to different spaces is programmed deep in human nature, but too many architects choose to ignore that programming in favor of building something that makes a big visual impact.
You can have big and impressive while incorporating spaces scaled for the comfort of human beings, but this isn’t it.
I’d encourage people to visit the website of the Project for Public Spaces to get a sense of what elements contribute to places where people want to linger and enjoy. Christopher Alexander’s Pattern Language is another useful way of understanding the way time-tested architectural and spatial elements work with human nature.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:57 am
The ghosts…they scare me.
August 25th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Jan, I’m sitting here reading your post, and at first, I’m clueless as to what you’re talking about. Then I think again about the images posted. Big, big laugh.
Thank you!
-Steve
August 26th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
I don’t like the sprawling matrosity to the west. Stick with the tower and gardens. If they need the sprawling building towards the west, just make the tower taller.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I can’t wait to see who will bid on this project. Dallas just started the high-rise business again here a few years back with the W-Hotel. The Barcelona chairs look swank. Seriously though, orange bean bag chairs would be much better.