LANDSCAPING

As with many coastal cities, the story of Portland’s future is the story of how well it will adapt to climate change. This project has been designed with a resilient landscape plan that sees the surrounding areas treated as natural buffer zones, using local species of hardy plans to establish a habitat for keystone species in an ex-industrial landscape. Over time, if sea levels rise, these planted areas will become one with the sea.

Atria

While the main enclosed public spaces of the addition are individual, their relationship on the main story blends them together, articulating a merger between interior and exterior space. The greenhouse with operable windows grants air flow and traffic from the outdoors on warm days, and can remain insulated on cold days. Users can move under a building volume parallel to the existing factory on the first story to reach the main atrium.