04/04/2026
Set within the Sonoran Desert, the 13-acre Harkins Corporate Headquarters reimagines the workplace as a desert-integrated environment rooted in climate, memory, and identity. The landscape organizes the campus through shaded pedestrian corridors, courtyards, and arrival sequences that prioritize human comfort in an extreme climate. Native and desert-adapted plant communities create a resilient, low-water landscape that supports habitat and reinforces regional character.
A central outdoor room anchors the campus, where layered shade, tree canopies, and architectural overhangs create comfortable microclimates year-round. Permeable paving and passive stormwater strategies, including parking garden basins and a series of bioswales that capture, slow, and infiltrate rainfall, expressing water as a visible system. The hardscape design, inspired by the film reel, reinforces the cinematic narrative of the campus.
