General Mills Corporate Campus

The new dining terrace serves as a popular lunchtime destination for General Mills employees.

The ground plane of the upper courtyard is manicured turf, edged with planting beds that have been created to save existing trees and as locations for the site sculpture.

In the center of the courtyard, a linear band of Siberian irises, broken by bands of Bluestone, marches towards the edge of the space -- dying into the glass and metal facade of a new two-story link between office buildings.

The upper story is a pedestrian link, while the lower story contains service and mechanical uses.

Bands of Siberian irises and Mexican beach pebbles draw the eye into the upper courtyard.

Fall on the dining terrace with views across the pond into the pastoral surroundings.

The lower courtyard - on the opposite side of the two-story link - is a mirror image of the upper courtyard.

The lower bluestone terrace acts as an outdoor dining place for employees, as well as a gathering space for larger events.

Mirroring the band of Siberian irises is a channel of moving water, which emerges from the lower story of the link as a waterfall.

Stainless steel bridges cross over the water feature, mirroring the bands of bluestone above. The water is lined on each side with Honey locust trees.

The water channel then feeds into a large pond, where its trajectory is reinforced with underwater fountains creating a strong linear band of bubbles moving into the pond.

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