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Dearborn, Mich.
William McDonough + Partners / ARCADIS
Photography © Ford Motor Company/Justin
Maconochie
Sustainability promotes an American
tradition
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Architect
William McDonough + Partners (concept
design architect and master planner); ARCADIS
(architect, Dearborn Truck Plant)
Client
Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Land
Development
Key
players
Walbridge Aldinger (general contractor);
ARCADIS (engineering); HarleyEllis (landscape)
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Ford Motor Company needed to build a
facility that would reestablish its dominance in its most
profitable product line, update its manufacturing process,
and position the company for future success. This facility
not only reinforces the firm's image, but revitalizes the
600-acre manufacturing site on which it is built. In designing
a facility that is environmentally sustainable, Ford created
a 21st-century model of manufacturing on an industrial brownfield.
A 10-acre "living roof" above the new truck plant will decrease
the building's energy cost by 7 percent and improve air quality
by 40 percent. A new visitor center allows the community to
witness the positive interface between industry and environment
that has been achieved.
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2004 issue or Architectural Record.
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