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An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company

An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair

AN OFFICE FOR HODGDON POWDER COMPANY

El Dorado

ARCHITECTS
El Dorado

PHOTOGRAPHS
Mike Sinclair

YEAR
2007

AREA
8500 m²

CATEGORY
Office Buildings

LOCATION
Herington, United States

Text description provided by architect.

Located in Herington, Kansas the new office for Hodgdon Powder Company utilizes a Quonset hut system of construction that allows an extremely functional yet dynamic space for the company’s employees.

An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair

The design plays to the strengths of the pre-engineered system by focusing the major modifications to the end wall assemblies, allowing the dual-corrugated, structural panels to remain largely intact.

This project illustrates el dorado's belief that a dynamic workplace contributes positively to staff productivity and can assist with brand reinforcement.

An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair

The design goal with the Hodgdon Powder facility was to prove this true even on a “bare bones” industrial project such as this.

The program, 8,500 sqf, called for a reception, meeting space, offices, dining, and locker rooms.

El dorado chose to separate the uses into three buildings orienting them around a garden of native plants and outdoor circulation.

An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair

El dorado worked closely with Steelmaster USA to design a Quonset hut, examining the appropriate size and span, that could accomodate the needs of the Hodgdon Powder Company.


An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair


An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair


An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
© Mike Sinclair


An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
Site Plan
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
Floor Plan


An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
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An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
Elevations
An Office For Hodgdon Powder Company
Wall Sections

El Dorado
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El Dorado
510 Avenida Cesar E Chavez, Kansas City, MO 64108, United States