Octan World Headquarters
12/09/2001
As the Worldwide leader in petroleum products, Octan Corp. decided that they needed a new World Headquarters building that befitted their stature as a business superpower in Legoland. They wanted an awe inspiring presence, and their architect delivered a magnificent structure, with 23 stories and plenty of corner offices for all the executives and then some. The stunning six story atrium has an all glass roof and front facade. Octan's President was very pleased with his new building, the tallest by far in the city.
Built over the course of a ridiculously overwhelming week, the Octan HQ is, second only to the Geoffrey Sculpture as my largest ever work. It used almost every yellow brick, plate, and tile in my collection, as well as a ludicrous number of black 1x4 bricks. The building has a height of 48 inches, is 36 inches deep and 35 inches wide. It comes apart into 3 sections so that it can at least be moved. I have no idea how much it weighs, since I'd never be able to get it on the scale. Rest assured, it weighs a lot. Each main floor has 54 windows. The roof of the atrium isn't actually attached anywhere, it just rests on a support structure. The front of the atrium is tied down completely, though. I included one picture of the in progress construction, so you can see what the internal support structure looks like.
The only greebly-ish details I managed to put on there (the interior is completely unfinished) are on the roof. They include two air conditioning units, a set of cooling fans and vents, an antenna cluster, a satellite dish, and the roof access entry door.
The inspiration for this building was the BP Building in Cleveland (although it's not actually called that any more since BP merged with Amoco and moved their offices to Chicago). The tiered roof design and general shape are heavily influenced by that building, although the model is much shorter (it only has 23 floors, while the real BP building has over 40) but I unfortunately ran out of bricks. The model was planned to be 1:100 scale, which would've made it 6.5 feet tall when it was done. Oh well, maybe next time.
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