Photo Credit: Nike News. The soon-to-open Serena Williams Building more on that below alone has around 1 million square feet of office space. The Nike campus features a gorgeous Japanese garden, named in honor of the Iwai family that Nike partnered with for manufacturing in the early days. It also features two soccer fields, a tennis court, an unsurprisingly huge gym, putting green and a lovely running trail.
Inside, find the Volkswagen van from which Phil Knight used to sell Nike sneakers decades ago, the waffle iron that co-founder Bill Bowerman used to create the outsole of the first Nike Waffle Trainer, and many more fascinating, running-related artifacts. First-time visitors are wowed by the sheer volume of buildings named after sports stars, the banners, the pedestrian activity, and even the bronze castings of famous athletes and key figures in Nike history that line walkways.
Any initial visit requires you to duck into Prefontaine Hall to view the mainstay relics of the company. Perched on a mini-peninsula into the lake, the mini Nike museum includes the Volkswagen van used to sell Nike sneakers from decades ago, the once-lost, now-found waffle iron that co-founder Bill Bowerman used to create the outsole of the first Nike Waffle Trainer, and all the little knick-knacks that make a museum.
The campus started in the s, with The Serena Williams Building will become the largest structure at the headquarters, with more than 1 million square feet spread across nearly three city blocks.
Expected to open in , the office building will feature plenty of curved glass to contrast some of the early designs. A New York-themed parking garage and six-floor Sebastian Coe office building also mark key expansions. Named after the famed British middle-distance runner, the Sebastian Coe Building includes hand-kept training logs, a carved wood mural with Cole quotes created by Nike NFL art director Tom Andrich, a mesh metal graphic and hardwood Swoosh bench, and a stainless-steel sculpture in the outdoor upper plaza.
Whether dedicating brand-new buildings or long-existing structures, Nike does more than simply name everything after people. It tries to fill them with personality. Each building is worthy of a stop. The bands of angled stripes appear to run up and down the signs, giving them a sense of speed and momentum.
The honeycomb texture of the pattern is balanced by the minimalism of the forms. Wayfinding signs are vertical totems that are visible from a distance. The rectangular structures have visual mass and physicality, but the mesh gives them a lightness and transparency that helps integrate them with the natural surroundings. The signs are made of durable materials including blackened steel that can withstand the inclement weather of the Pacific Northwest. A range of signage types were developed for various locations at intersections, mid-block, in plazas, etc.
The series includes interpretive signage for landmarks like Lake Nike. Nederland Nederlands. Norway English. Polska Polski. Portugal English. Romania English. Slovakia English. Slovenia English. Sweden English. Sverige Svenska. Schweiz Deutsch. Switzerland English. Svizzera Italiano. United Kingdom English. Saudi Arabia English.
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