Next year is the year when Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp. will start phasing employees into the company’s new corporate campus in Springwoods Village.

And as that move approaches, more details are emerging of what the 385-acre campus will look like.

“During a typical day, we have about 3,000 workers on site, 16 tower cranes and hundreds of pieces of mobile construction equipment,” Jim Hennesy, project executive for the campus, said in an employee newsletter, exclusively obtained by the Houston Business Journal.

The campus will consist of about 20 office and specialty buildings, which are designed around a central three-acre commons, modeled after great public squares found in Europe and the U.S.

Exxon Mobil’s ‘heart’

The Energy Center, a meeting and training center, will be the largest community space on campus and will serve as the point of entry for visitors and dignitaries.

“The iconic structure will be the symbolic ‘heart’ of the campus and will showcase the corporation’s heritage, people, technology and leadership,” Exxon’s newsletter, The Lamp, says.

The building will feature a 10,000-ton floating cube positioned 80 feet above the plaza and reflecting pool below. The north hall visitor entry will feature a marble staircase with the word “welcome” engraved in the steps in 100 different languages.

A south hall training center will feature the word “energy,” also in 100 languages.

Other facilities include a town hall and auditorium, executive offices and meeting rooms, elegant and causal dining venues, interactive digital displays and a lower outdoor plaza that can host up to 3,500 people for special events.

A major laboratory will support the upstream and downstream businesses. Located in the south area of the campus, the structure, called the Science Quad, will be a research and physical science facility promoting innovation and discovery.

Wellness and child care

A 10,000-square-foot Wellness Center will support the fitness needs of employees and include training rooms with assisted free-weight machines, treadmills, a basketball court and other exercise options.

The campus will also feature an on-site Child Development Center providing childcare and early-education services for children 6-weeks-old to pre-kindergarten. The center has a capacity for about 300 children in 19 classrooms.

“From the start, the campus was designed and is being built for the people who are going to use it,” Bryan Milton, president of ExxonMobil Global Services Co., said in the newsletter.

This central area will be the hub of the development and provide a collaborative space for employees and their visitors.