Texas Mutual Insurance

The project team first conducted an extensive interview and survey of TMI leadership and staff to understand their space needs, how departments work, etc. Next, TBG conducted a series of sunlight, shadow and climate analyses using 3D architectural tools, gaining a nuanced understanding of how the spaces would feel, intensity of sunlight/shade, and thus which plants were suitable for specific spaces, at varying times of day and throughout the year. The project includes a five-story office building and adjacent parking garage that enclose a large central courtyard accessible to the public from two entry points; it accommodates all sizes of group collaboration. The garage walls are being treated as living walls with varying climbing plants, and a roof terrace provides work/leisure space with downtown views.