The CODE Building Charlottesville

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CODE is an architectural response to an irregularly shaped, complexly sloping site in a historic district. The building’s massing is low at the Main Street entrance, in deference to the scale of neighboring buildings on the Downtown Mall.



The structure steps up gently as it wraps around the site to its primary mass on Water Street, where its scale is comparable to its neighbors. The spiraling nature of the building creates the framework for a courtyard, an amphitheater, and a pedestrian gallery within its core; inviting to tenants and the larger community.