Upstream Research & Training Center
Houston, Texas
This facility for ExxonMobil trainees is an add-on to the existing facility for ExxonMobil Production and Research. The landscape reflects the building’s style with long geometric forms and orderly spaces.
The site includes building entries with unique benches, paving and lighting, as well as an employee dining court with fountains and lush planting. The Bamboo Courtyard, a view courtyard outside the main lobby, features the history of ExxonMobil Upstream Research with a display of large boulders dug from the earth. The boulders are set on white marble chips and their descriptions and history are displayed along an adjacent brick wall.