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Mack Energy Corporate Office
Artesia, New Mexico
2011
The Mack Energy Corporate Office organizes company departments and furthers the company’s commitment to the environment through the design’s emphasis on integrating seen and unseen sustainable features into the building. A two-story atrium floods the interior of the building with natural light and functions as a an organizing space for the visitor, as a civic space, as a secure transition to the administrative functions, and as a strong visual focus to the outdoors. The building’s dramatic, soaring, stone walls recall the State’s diverse landscape and the abundance of natural materials used throughout the structure anchors the building to the New Mexico environment of sun, desert, rocks, natural resources, and mountains. To identify the building as the headquarters for an energy company, two of the soaring lobby walls are clad in stone in a pattern depicting the oil rich rock strata southeastern New Mexico and west Texas. Office functions are separated between public interface and in-house functions. A large entry plaza fronts the main entry and is convenient to parking.
Sustainable features include daylighting, water harvesting for landscaping, shading of pavement to avoid the heat island effect, reflective glass, shading devices for windows, water efficient plumbing fixtures, and a reflective roofing system. Locally manufactured sustainable materials and products with a high recycled content were given priority.
Artesia, New Mexico
2011
The Mack Energy Corporate Office organizes company departments and furthers the company’s commitment to the environment through the design’s emphasis on integrating seen and unseen sustainable features into the building. A two-story atrium floods the interior of the building with natural light and functions as a an organizing space for the visitor, as a civic space, as a secure transition to the administrative functions, and as a strong visual focus to the outdoors. The building’s dramatic, soaring, stone walls recall the State’s diverse landscape and the abundance of natural materials used throughout the structure anchors the building to the New Mexico environment of sun, desert, rocks, natural resources, and mountains. To identify the building as the headquarters for an energy company, two of the soaring lobby walls are clad in stone in a pattern depicting the oil rich rock strata southeastern New Mexico and west Texas. Office functions are separated between public interface and in-house functions. A large entry plaza fronts the main entry and is convenient to parking.
Sustainable features include daylighting, water harvesting for landscaping, shading of pavement to avoid the heat island effect, reflective glass, shading devices for windows, water efficient plumbing fixtures, and a reflective roofing system. Locally manufactured sustainable materials and products with a high recycled content were given priority.
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