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 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 out-doors, 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 building-a 220 foot-long-by-130-foot-wide manufac-turing 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.
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