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Dekker/Perich/Sabatini (D/P/S)

Dekker/Perich/Sabatini (D/P/S)

Albuquerque, NM | Las Cruces, NM | Amarillo, TX | Phoenix, AZ

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The Campus Commons is the front door to the URENCO campus, with a modern expression of a design attitude germane to the desert southwest and a form rooted in the southwest landscape.
The Campus Commons is the front door to the URENCO campus, with a modern expression of a design attitude germane to the desert southwest and a form rooted in the southwest landscape.
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URENCO Campus Commons

The Campus Commons becomes a new front door to the URENCO campus, with a modern expression of a design attitude germane to the desert southwest and a form rooted in the New Mexico landscape.  As an amenity and respite in this landscape, it is configured around a traditional New Mexican courtyard with surrounding porticos and native trees that provide shade and protection from the sun and wind, making the outdoor space usable most of the year.

This configuration also enables transparency to the outdoors, with all areas of the building directly relating to the courtyard.  Additionally, it allows daylight to penetrate deep to the thin floor plates, and takes advantage of the optimal north and south solar orientations. These aspects and others, also help the facility to express both the uniqueness of New Mexico and the technology behind the sustainable nuclear power generated by URENCO’s enrichment process.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Eunice, NM, US
Firm Role: Architect
Additional Credits: Contractor: Jaynes Corporation
Structural Engineer: Dekker/Perich/Sabatini
Interior Design: Dekker/Perich/Sabatini
Civil Engineer: Pettigrew & Associates
MEP Engineer: Bridgers & Paxton
Concrete Masonry: Beaty
Electrical Work: DKD Electric
Drywall: Yearout Mechanical
Concrete: Jaynes Corporation Structures
Landscaping: Head's Up Landscaping

 
URENCO Campus Commons
URENCO Campus Commons
URENCO Campus Commons
URENCO Campus Commons
Diagram
Diagram
Site Plan
Site Plan
First Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Circulation
Circulation
View of employee entry glass volume, looking south toward main parking area.
View of employee entry glass volume, looking south toward main parking area.
View from the 2nd floor, looking west toward existing security building.
View from the 2nd floor, looking west toward existing security building.
Visitors center, which invites the surrounding community into the facility to learn about their mission & values.
Visitors center, which invites the surrounding community into the facility to learn about their mission & values.
Stair connecting employees to the 2nd floor business offices.
Stair connecting employees to the 2nd floor business offices.
Section showing the continuity of space from the interior dining, to cafe and courtyard.
Section showing the continuity of space from the interior dining, to cafe and courtyard.
View within main courtyard, looking east toward dining area. Stone fountain provides relaxing sounds of water.
View within main courtyard, looking east toward dining area. Stone fountain provides relaxing sounds of water.
Outdoor cafe space with flexible seating.
Outdoor cafe space with flexible seating.
Shading, emphasizing the beauty of the NM sun light, while referencing historical language.
Shading, emphasizing the beauty of the NM sun light, while referencing historical language.
Fitness area, showing connection to outdoor spaces along with colorful graphics used throughout the facility.
Fitness area, showing connection to outdoor spaces along with colorful graphics used throughout the facility.
View of main dining area, with connection to outdoor cafe space and main courtyard.
View of main dining area, with connection to outdoor cafe space and main courtyard.
View of south portico, again referencing a historical building language utilized in New Mexico.
View of south portico, again referencing a historical building language utilized in New Mexico.
View of 2nd floor conference space, overlooking main entry to the left (west).
View of 2nd floor conference space, overlooking main entry to the left (west).
Shading elements, connecting to historical use of structural elements (Vigas) in the southwest.
Shading elements, connecting to historical use of structural elements (Vigas) in the southwest.
View from main entry into courtyard, looking south toward parking area.
View from main entry into courtyard, looking south toward parking area.
URENCO Campus Commons
URENCO Campus Commons