This Breathing Office Building Makes You Feel Like You’re Outside
This Breathing Office Building Makes You Feel Like You’re Outside
PNC Bank’s new global HQ in Pittsburgh is going to be a skyscraper like
no other--including the ability to open your windows and even take an
outdoor walk, no matter what floor you’re on.
Sometimes, a skyscraper isn’t just a skyscraper. It’s a community
gathering space, a building that offers respite from typical stale
indoor office environments, a model of sustainability for others to
follow, a breathing--but not living--entity. PNC Bank’s new 33-story
global headquarters, set to be built in Pittsburgh, is that place.
Today’s "green" high rises can be placed in two categories, according to Hao Ko, a senior associate/design director at Gensler
and the lead on the PNC project. They’re either bicycles that use
onsite resources and are only as big as the site will allow, or they’re
hybrid SUVs, basically just normative highrises that have fancy
technology added to make them high-performing.
