| Project: | MANUFACTURING COMPLEX McKinney, Texas |
| Client: | Texas Instruments Incorporated Dallas, Texas
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| Size: | 1,800 KNSF projected total build-out Phase III: 341.5 KGSF |
| Cost: | Phase III Expansion: Wings D, E, CSM, ETB; Warehouse Expansion $21.7 million |
| Date: | 1986-1990 |
| Services: | SD, DD, CD, CA |
The McKinney Manufacturing Complex is composed of two-story building modules (wings) interconnected by employee break area linkages. The modular plug-in concept allows for custom wings to be designed for the latest manufacturing or other program requirements. |
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Natural textures welcome visitors to the McKinney lobby with brick flooring, skylit planters, and wood framing overhead. The lobby provides direct access to the central core functions, such as site administration, conference center, cafeteria, and employee services.
Flexibility is the key to designing and maintaining the complex. Because the facility caters to government contracts, resilience in the face of constant re-arranges of equipment and expansion of systems is an absolute requirement. All structures are based on a modular five foot grid, with high-ceiling work bays and large ceiling cavities for utility support systems. The complex currently contains offices, a central utility plant, a warehouse, a cafeteria, docks, special test modules, and manufacturing / assembly modules on a 275 acre site. |
Master planning for the McKinney site centered on the circulation core as the backbone for plug-in modules. The expansion of the site proceeded incrementally, allowing for highly specialized additions, such as anechoic chambers, as well as offices, warehouses, and docks. Future expansion of this established site includes three two-story modules of 200,000 net square feet each.
Integrating utility elements into the architectural vocabulary complements the McKinney site’s manufacturing and assembly modules.
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