Google Gradient Canopy
The renowned technology company Google invited the studio to design a new campus and headquarters in Mountain View, California, in collaboration with Bjarke Ingels Group. As Google’s first bespoke office buildings, the design was to physically manifest the company’s distinctive approach to working. As well as creating offices that would adapt to the fast-moving nature of the technology industry, the project also needed to reflect Google’s philosophy of open collaboration. In contrast to its former home in a typically enclosed and car-centric Silicon Valley business park, Google’s workplace was to be a highly flexible space that could respond swiftly to its changing needs and evolve over time. The Charleston East headquarters (now officially named Gradient Canopy) provides a workplace of approximately 55,000 sqm (595,000 sq ft) for 3,000 staff, arranged beneath a vast catenary roof. Inspired by the simplicity and adaptability of aircraft hangars, the envelope is formed of a series of steel canopies, draped between steel masts and pierced with 64 smile-shaped clerestory windows.
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