The Inland Steel Tower is an icon on the Chicago Skyline and a National Historic Landmark. With each architectural component separately articulated, the building gave form to new postwar organizational methods. Today, a reconceived workplace will make Inland Steel a new embodiment of progress, aspiring to acquire LEED platinum certification for both Core and Shell and Commercial Interiors while satisfying Landmark requirements. To give back to the city, the design includes a concept for LED street lighting that one day could be adopted by the entire city of Chicago, and a revolving art program that would enhance the building lobby as well as surrounding courtyards. A Greenroof conforms with a citywide initiative to help manage storm water and reduce the city's temperatures.
Inside, the design employs active chilled beams instead of conventional HVAC ductwork, conditioning air at the point of need. This approach allows users to customize air preferences at each workspace to create a comfortable and productive work atmosphere. The "green-leasing" fit-out system eliminates the wastefulness of interior demolition; workplaces can be modified on the fly in the building's column-free spaces from a kit of parts of partitions, custom furniture, and coordinated palettes of environmentally conscious finishes.
John Darrow, Project Designer
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP
New York, NY
This project has been published in:
Interior Design Magazine, January 2009
Architect Magazine, August 2008
Awards:
2008 New York Chapter AIA, Honor Award for Achievement in Sustainability
2008 R+D award, Architect Magazine
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