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RNL in a design/build team with Hensel Phelps was awarded this project following a design competition. Our winning proposal features two, three-story buildings with a connecting lobby and courtyard and housing battalions, classrooms, as well as SCIF/BOC and NOC functions.

The design of the Brigade and Battalion Headquarters (BBHQ) responds to the architectural context of Fort Carson with its traditional red brick character, and at the same time reflects the contemporary nature of today’s Army in terms of a simple yet elegant corporate headquarters image.

The synergy of LEED requirements related to daylighting issues, ATFP exposures, and our programmatic analysis showing the solution could be more than a single large three story mass on the site, created the idea of a dynamic split massing focusing the procession of entry on a major lobby entry point that was transparent to a courtyard around which the building is organized. While the color selections blend with the context, the design called for a contemporary take on color selection for the metal systems that would distinguish the headquarters building as an important and special center of activity.