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Phillips, Wisconsin
Krueck and Sexton Architects
Photography © Mariusz Mizera
People power succeeds at Phillips
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"This
project is the result of a 37-year effort to enhance
the ability of people to work together effectively."
—Robert F. Cervenka,
Phillips Plastics Chairman of the Board
"In
Phillips's business, you wouldn't have a showroom.
This building is the showroom and it speaks for
the company."
—Terence Riley
Architect
Krueck and Sexton Architects
Client
Phillips Plastics
Key
Players
Click here to find a complete listing of
the people and products
involved in the completion of this project and
an additional photograph.
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Instead of just building a factory for
its custom-molding division, Phillips Plastics created a manufacturing
facility that "sustains and enhances" a corporate
culture in which "all people are important," states
the company. The 60,000-square-foot building, set on a wooded
site overlooking the confluence of the Elk River and Elk Lake
in rural Wisconsin, treats blue-collar and white-collar employees
as equals [june 2001, page 112]. Although an acoustic-glass
wall separates the factory floor from offices, visual contact
between the two areas encourages a sense of working together.
Views outdoors, plenty of daylight, and handsome materials
are distributed throughout the facility. Even the massing
of the building encourages a spirit of teamwork, with intersecting
glass-and-stone blocks dissolving any distinction between
production and administration.
The heart of the building—a 220-foot-long-by-130-foot-wide
manufacturing shed—combines two overhead gantry cranes
and three service trenches to create an uncluttered and flexible
factory. While the design team brought as much daylight as
possible to work areas, it controlled light quality with shading
overhangs, fritted glass, and native plantings. Such strategies
reduced glare in work areas and energy consumption throughout
the building. Juror Neil Frankel, FAIA, observes, "One
can imagine Phillips bringing customers to this facility,
knowing that the precision and culture of the company are
revealed in the building."
For more on this project please see the
October 2001 issue of Architectural Record.
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