Therearetonsofsimilarsmartsolutionstomakethewholecomplexthatmuchsmarterandefficientthenmostoftheotherofficebuildingsyouhaveseen.Myinitialideaofanuglyindustrialparkinglothasduringthetriptransformedtojustplainadmirationofthebuilding.Perhapsnotontheaestheticsidebuttheworkandinnovationthearchitectsandengineeringmanagedputinisamazing.Architectureformeisaboutcombiningdesign,innovationwithactualfunctionandforme,thisbuildingisdoingagoodjobofit,especiallythelasttwoofthosethree.Walkingfloorbyfloorandgettingshoweddifferentpartsandhowitallisfunctioningwasveryinspiringforme.

Continuingonthisthemeofadmirationandengineering,Ifoundanotherreallyinterestingfeature.Itwasabouthowtheysetupthecarryingwallsandweightdistribution.Theyactuallybuiltthewholecomplexwithastrongoutsidewalllikeabarrierthatcarriesthefloorsintensionwhichleftonlyasmallpartofthebuildingsweightonthegroundfloorinsteadofthenormalsolutionwhentheybuildeverythingontopofeachother.Thatoptionalsoleftthearchitectswithaprettyfreehandwiththefirstfloorwithouthavingtouseanysortofpillars,itleftaveryroomyfeelingwhenyoufirstwalkedintothebuilding.

ThefirstsightofthebuildingwasalsothelastsightandIwalkpastthemainentranceintheoppositewayandmindThefirstsightofthebuildingwasalsothelastsightandIwalkpastthemainentranceintheoppositewayandmindframeasthenthetimeIentered.Nighthasturnedtoday.

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