Nashville Yards Towers 01 & 02
Nashville Yards Towers 01 & 02
Awards Category : : Large Project (over 25,000 sf)
Towers 01 and 02 represent the completion of Phase II within the Nashville Yards Development, a dense, urban mixed-use development within the downtown core of Nashville, Tennessee. The two towers host over 1 million square feet of office and amenity space that has been tailored to the needs of a single global technology company tenant. The project design focuses on three key elements: people, places and performance.
Located on an urban brownfield site within the Nashville Yards, a 19.2 acre mixed-use development along the western edge of the central business district, Towers 01 & 02 provide 1,100,000 square feet of Class A office space dedicated to a leading American global technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming and artificial intelligence. In addition to conventional office space, the program is comprised of a robust series of indoor and outdoor amenity spaces that frame a rich and diverse experience welcoming people back to the workplace.
Beyond the enclosure of the towers, the project establishes an active new public realm connected to the elevated Church Street artery into downtown through the construction of a vehicular and pedestrian bridge. A variety of health-centered food/beverage tenants and a boutique fitness studio line this new ground plane. This viaduct vertically separates public access from service functions below.
The built forms and facades respond to environmental conditions and improve building performance with a focus on energy-use reduction and occupant comfort. Solar heat gain and glare are reduced through manipulations of the massing, external shading devices including vertical fins / a horizontal brise-soleil , and window-to-wall ratio reductions on orientations most impacted.
The interior design seeks to create a welcoming and vibrant workplace by balancing the raw and refined through a diverse range of workspaces and amenities. The spaces embrace themes and experiences from the tenant’s corporate headquarters in Seattle, while introducing employees to Nashville culture through a celebration of its people, places and wide-open spaces.
36,000 sf of outdoor amenity space is dispersed between levels 05, 20, and 26. A variety of open, covered and shaded spaces are surrounded by lush native plantings. These offerings encourage employees to get outdoors and enjoy views of the natural surroundings through spaces that are specifically designed to support a variety of work and social activities of all group sizes.
Carbon fiber structural framing elements and tensioned PTFE membranes provide the make-up for a series of biophilic shade structures on the Level 05 Amenity Deck. This cluster of seven elements combines to define a protected, flexible gathering space for large events. By day, the white assemblies compliment the building material palette. By night, the integrated LED lighting system provides a dynamic, contrasting burst of color combination and moods.
Date of Completion: 2023
Client: Southwest Value Partners
General Contractor: Clark Construction + Bell Construction Company
Consultants:
Ragan Smith Associates – Civil Engineering
315 Woodland St
Nashville, Tennessee 37206
P: (615) 244-8591
Attn: Brad Slayden, P.E.
Stanley D. Lindsey & Associates, Ltd. – Structural Engineering
750 Old Hickory Blvd, Building 1, Suite 175
Brentwood, TN 37027
P: (615) 320-1735
Attn: Jason Perry, P.E., S.E.
Alvine Engineering – Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Lighting
1201 Cass Street
Omaha, NE 68102
P: (402) 346-7007
Attn: Brian Hadfield, P.E., F.P.E., LEED AP, WELL AP
Hawkins Partners, Inc. – Landscape Architecture
110 South 10th Street
Nashville, TN 37206
P: ( 615)255-5218
KGM (Kaplan Gehring McCarroll) Architectural Lighting – Architectural Exterior Lighting
270 Coral Circle
El Segundo, California 90245
P: (310)552-2191
Attn: Anne Friedman, LC
Photography Credits:
1 - Aerial view from southwest. Photo by Chad Baumer
2 - Map. Image by Project Team
3 - Aerial rendering of proposed masterplan. Rendering by HUGO
4 - Image by Project Team
5 - Images by Project Team
6 - Top: Southern facade screen from Church Street. Photo by Chad Baumer. Bottom: eastern facades from Platform Way. Photo by Chad Baumer.
7 - Left: Tower 01 L perspective of Church Street/rail front .Photo by Chad Baumer. Top right: Tower 01 Building Entrance. Photo by Chad Baumer. Bottom right: Tower 1 lobby fronting Church Street. Photo by Chad Baumer.
8 - Tower 01 Lobby. Photo by Daniel Brown.
9 - Top left: “The Nest”: Performance and Gathering Space. Photo by Daniel Brown. Bottom left: Tower 01 L second level lobby lounge/workspace. Photo by Daniel Brown. Right: Lobby & retail entrances. Photo by Daniel Brown.
10 - Top left: Level 05 cafe. Photo by Daniel Brown. Bottom left: Level 05 work lounge. Photo by Daniel Brown. Top right: Level 05 work room/library. Photo by Daniel Brown. Bottom right: listening/recording studio. Photo by Daniel Brown.
11 - Top left: Amenity work lounge. Photo by Daniel Brown. Bottom left: Level 05 monument stair arrival point. Photo by Daniel Brown. Top right: amenity gaming area. Photo by Daniel Brown. Bottom right: amenity lounge. Photo by Daniel Brown.
12 - Left: aerial photo - level 05 & level 20 outdoor amenity spaces. Photo by Daniel Brown. Top right: level 20 amenity garden. Photo by Chad Baumer. Bottom left: level 26 amenity terrace. Photo by Chad Baumer.
13 - level 05 amenity deck. Photo by Chad Baumer.
14 - Left: aerial photo facing west - level 05 amenity deck. Photo by Chad Baumer. Middle top: level 05 amenity. Photo by Chad Baumer. Middle bottom: level 05 amenity. Photo by Chad Baumer. Top right: level 05 amenity. Photo by Chad Baumer. Bottom right: level 05 amenity. Photo by Chad Baumer.
15 - Rail front view from south. Photo by Chad Baumer.