NBBJ unveiled plans for Amazon’s Seattle Headquarters back in the fall of 2012 – but they just announced plans to add three striking biospheres to the heart of the 3-block downtown campus. Intended for employees only, the glass spheres will be filled with plants from around the world. The goal is to create a working environment that is more park-like and exciting than a typical ‘vanilla’ office space. Surrounding the LEED Gold-designed biospheres is a much larger and improved public park than was originally part of the plan.
Amazon’s new Seattle campus will revamp three blocks in the Denny Triangle area in between South Lake Union and the commercial core. The plan calls for three 37-story towers complemented with lower volumes, open space, parks, green roofs and art installations. Originally, the heart of the campus contained a public park and a low rectangular volume, which was rather nondescript in design – although it did have a green roof. NBBJ is shaking things up a bit with their more striking plan to add three biospheres to the project.
