Amazon is listing a new, futuristic building. Images of the structure were made known through a post on the company’s blog.
John Schoettler, global vice president of Real Estate and Facilities at Amazon, explained the details of the project, which was unveiled in 2017.
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The tower, which is listed as Amazon’s second largest headquarters, will measure about 106 feet high. The project is located in Arlington County, located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.
The name given to the building was HQ2. It was also referred to as ‘The Helix’, for its architectural form.
The planes in the images allow to appreciate its appearance, which is similar to a great double helix or a glass mountain. The architecture firm in charge of the project is ZGF Architects and its main contractor is Clark Construction.
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Schoettler confirmed that construction of the first part of the building began in January this year. The project is expected to be completed in early 2025.
This project caused controversy from the year it was announced. In 2017, Amazon held a kind of contest to choose the city that would be the headquarters of the building.
Regarding the conditions that governed the event, the media ‘Magnet’ commented that the cities had to have “More than a million inhabitants, good infrastructure and communications, good standard of living (not very high prices), plenty of room to grow and tax incentives.”
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All energy for the new building will be sent by a solar farm located south of Virginia.
It was a race among the country’s largest cities to get the company’s attention. According to the same medium, city mayors competed with striking ideas.
“In New York they lit their main buildings with the corporate colors of Amazon. Tucson, in Arizona, even sent a giant saguaro (a kind of cactus) to the company’s current headquarters in Seattle; ‘Kansas City Mayor reviewed more than 1,000 products on Amazon with five stars (selling his city).’ comment ‘Magnet’.
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The truth is, amidst so many offers and millionaire tax incentives, Arlington County, Virginia, took first place.
Schoettler reiterated in the blog the characteristics of the building and the benefits it could have with the public.
For residents, the presence of the company’s second headquarters would bring with it the opening of 25,000 jobs and investment of 2.5 million dollars (about 8 billion pesos) over the next decade. In addition, average salaries would be above $ 150,000 (about 5 million pesos).
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An entire underground structure was devised for cars and public transportation.
The investment made by Amazon seeks to encourage a revitalization of the consumption of ancillary industries, the housing market, which would lead, according to Schoettler, to economic stability.
The facilities will have an estimated 260,000 square meters distributed in three buildings with offices. It will also be surrounded by a huge open space for which the construction of a public park and a shopping area is planned.
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The company’s buildings stand out for designing under the LEED Platinum standard. Therefore, all the energy for the new building will be sent by a solar farm located south of Virginia.
In addition, a peculiarity is that a whole underground structure was devised for cars and public transport, since the idea is to maintain a superior area focused on nature and trade.
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