The Alt-H Office building was designed for the company and its four equal partners. Sited in Houston’s East End District and on a former polluted industrial site, the layout uses 100% of its available space with only three main elements – parking, storm detention, and the office building. The two story, 9,450 SF building pairs a ground floor that runs perpendicular to the busier Commerce Street with a rotated second floor running parallel to the street increasing the building’s visibility, an important request from the partners.
The ground floor’s straight circulation intersects with the centrally-located break room that connects the staff parking with an exterior break space. The second floor’s design balances the partners’ equal stakes, each provided with a corner office and exterior space. The level’s circulation wraps around the conference room, two story atrium, and a centrally-located volumetric void allowing natural light into and exterior views from all of the second floor’s occupied spaces. Other spaces within the building include a larger ground floor conference room, work spaces, offices, and large storage for their often-traveling staff.