⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking Bell Works in Holmdel, New Jersey

December 4, 2022 - 11:30 AM
47°F / 8°C

Walking the Bell Works mixed-use development, located at the former Bell Labs Holmdel Complex research and development facility in Holmdel, New Jersey and designed by renowned Finnish architect Eero Saarinen.

Highlights:
00:00 - Parking lot (fake snow from the film set for the Apple TV series "Severance")
02:06 - West fountain and elevator
07:11 - Indoor basketball court
08:27 - East fountain
09:17 - Rooftop terrace
11:30 - Outdoor trail and reflecting pool

From Wikipedia:
The Bell Labs Holmdel Complex, in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, United States, functioned for 44 years as a research and development facility, initially for the Bell System and later Bell Labs. The centerpiece of the campus is an Eero Saarinen–designed structure that served as the home to over 6,000 engineers and researchers. This modernist building, dubbed "The Biggest Mirror Ever" by Architectural Forum, due to its mirror box exterior, was the site of a Nobel Prize discovery, the laser cooling work of Steven Chu. The building has undergone renovations into a multi-purpose living and working space, dubbed Bell Works by its redevelopers. Since 2013 it has been operated by Somerset Development, who redeveloped the building into a mixed-use office for high-tech startup companies. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.