Global Technology Company Phase 2
Redmond, WA
This project is the fourth and final phase of the large-scale project to expand and reframe this Global Technology Company’s original Redmond, WA campus. The campus is organized into four distinct villages, each with its own character yet connected through a shared design language. This part of the campus stands apart as a kind of village in the forest, directly engaging with the mature woodland at the site’s edge.
This project also sits on the footprint of the company’s original campus buildings. An adjacent small lake, part of that early landscape, was reimagined to introduce better interaction and higher ecological function in the new design. While grounded in history, the village also carries forward the campus-wide Forest Thread—a unifying landscape system that links each village. Here, the thread reaches its fullest expression, embodied by the mature forest itself.
This part of campus is where the focus on visitor experience is most emphasized. The entry sequence underscores this role. Guests arrive at a dedicated drive and drop-off, separate from the rest of campus, and are directly immersed into the woods. A cantilevered structure frames a dramatic “forest window,” making the landscape the central experience of arrival. The design connects to existing trees more than 80 feet high, many planted in the late 1970s. This creates a powerful sense of immersion, with the buildings appearing surgically inserted among the conifers. Water features, terraces, and carefully crafted wood details articulate a design theme of progression from raw to refined: from peeled logs, to heavy timbers, to finely detailed seating and platforms.
Beyond the entry, the landscape continues beneath the building and into a meadow that contrasts with the forest edge. This area was designed as a threshold—shifting from the dense enclosure of the woods into a more open character of grassland, deciduous groves, and preserved conifers. The meadow buffers the bustle of the rest of the campus while gradually revealing the architecture, creating a moment of transition.
Embedded within this meadow are outdoor breakout spaces that extend the building’s program. Terraces and gathering areas allow events and lectures to spill outside, while smaller rooms in the landscape provide everyday places to step out for fresh air, quiet work, or informal conversation.
Redmond, WA
This project is the fourth and final phase of the large-scale project to expand and reframe this Global Technology Company’s original Redmond, WA campus. The campus is organized into four distinct villages, each with its own character yet connected through a shared design language. This part of the campus stands apart as a kind of village in the forest, directly engaging with the mature woodland at the site’s edge.
This project also sits on the footprint of the company’s original campus buildings. An adjacent small lake, part of that early landscape, was reimagined to introduce better interaction and higher ecological function in the new design. While grounded in history, the village also carries forward the campus-wide Forest Thread—a unifying landscape system that links each village. Here, the thread reaches its fullest expression, embodied by the mature forest itself.
This part of campus is where the focus on visitor experience is most emphasized. The entry sequence underscores this role. Guests arrive at a dedicated drive and drop-off, separate from the rest of campus, and are directly immersed into the woods. A cantilevered structure frames a dramatic “forest window,” making the landscape the central experience of arrival. The design connects to existing trees more than 80 feet high, many planted in the late 1970s. This creates a powerful sense of immersion, with the buildings appearing surgically inserted among the conifers. Water features, terraces, and carefully crafted wood details articulate a design theme of progression from raw to refined: from peeled logs, to heavy timbers, to finely detailed seating and platforms.
Beyond the entry, the landscape continues beneath the building and into a meadow that contrasts with the forest edge. This area was designed as a threshold—shifting from the dense enclosure of the woods into a more open character of grassland, deciduous groves, and preserved conifers. The meadow buffers the bustle of the rest of the campus while gradually revealing the architecture, creating a moment of transition.
Embedded within this meadow are outdoor breakout spaces that extend the building’s program. Terraces and gathering areas allow events and lectures to spill outside, while smaller rooms in the landscape provide everyday places to step out for fresh air, quiet work, or informal conversation.
