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The proposed office headquarters redistributes and reinvents the collective spaces of typical office buildings. Instead of a single atrium, the structure contains a series of social spaces distributed on different levels, ranging from lounges and cafes to gathering halls and boardrooms. Together, they encourage innovative exchange within the company. Locating these functions at the perimeter wall connects the building's occupants to the city through a variety of dramatic views of Boston and the Charles River.
The exterior skin is conceived both as surface and a silhouette, where the curtain wall makes a distinctive profile against the sky -- a readily identifiable logo for the company. It is a crystalline landmark that unveils the activities of the building with variations in the skin to expose the social spaces. Visible from Cambridge and Boston, the curtain wall continues above the roof on the northwest and southeast corners to create dual silhouettes and a strong sculptural form. At night, the entire building will glow like a colossal lantern.
The internal lobby sequence addresses the two primary approaches to the building. It also permits a view through the ground floor and links the lobby to the master plan's northern and southern plazas.