Nashville scheme to stretch along 1.2km of riverside and to include a floating auditorium
Foster + Partners has unveiled its latest scheme for US billionaire Larry Ellison, a headquarters office in Tennessee for the tech entrepreneur’s company Oracle.
The campus in Nashville will span 70 acres and around 1.2km of waterfront along the Cumberland River with buildings across five office clusters.
Oracle is one of the largest tech companies in the world with a turnover this year of US$67.36 billion and a workforce of approximately 141,000 employees.
Founded by Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates in 1977, it sells software and cloud infrastructure used by businesses, financial institutions and government bodies across the world.
Foster + Partners head office plans are the latest in a string of schemes connected to Ellison following its design work on the Ellison Institute of Technology in Oxford, which is currently being built by Laing O’Rourke, and the institute’s central London headquarters.
The Nashville scheme has celebrated its groundbreaking ceremony with the project set to transform the industrial site with 16.5 acres of green public space and buildings surrounding a large lake.
It will also include a floating auditorium, as well as a visitor center, logistics hub, Nashville’s first Nobu hotel and a bridge connecting the campus with the city’s Germantown neighbourhood.
Due to the site’s location in a flood zone, all critical infrastructure will be raised above flood levels with buildings sitting above car parking areas and connected by elevated bridges.
The scheme’s design has been inspired by the city’s industrial heritage with Fosters seeking to break up the massing of building clusters to create a series of more “personalized spaces” for different teams while retaining a strong sense of community”.
Foster + Partners head of studio Gerard Evenden said: “The campus will be a dynamic hub for Oracle and a new destination for the people of Nashville.
“We are greening the industrial site and restoring its biodiversity, while introducing acres of green space and amenities that give back to the city. Interconnected office clusters carefully balance private and communal spaces – and ensure employees retain a relationship with nature at every level.”
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