Fort Worth Data Center
Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects · Fort Worth, Texas, United States · 2018
Projects / Built project
Lightbox
A two-storey advanced manufacturing facility brings secure diamond production, client spaces and future expansion together within a 60,000-square-foot building.
- Area
- 60,000 sq ft
- Type
- Advanced manufacturing facility
- Completion
- 2020
- Programme
- Laboratory-grown diamond manufacturing, offices and client gallery
- Technical requirements
- Complex HVAC, high-security access and central command centre
- Delivery
- Multi-phase design with provision for future expansion
The story
The story behind the work.
Lightbox is organised around the controlled production of laboratory-grown diamonds, combining complex HVAC, high-security manufacturing space and a central command centre. The phased design allows the operation to expand while maintaining the environmental conditions needed for synthesis.
Reception, lounge and gallery spaces sit alongside controlled staff access at ground level, with offices, meeting rooms and an overlook to the double-height synthesis hall above. White metal panels, fritted glass and angular facade planes give the industrial programme a precise public face without compromising privacy.
Credits
- Mission-critical design practice, part of Woolpert
- Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects
The practice