BaseCamp + Cahaba Cycles | Retail

Pelham, Alabama

BaseCamp is a unique retail project within the Canopy development in Pelham, Alabama. This building was specifically designed around its two tenants: Cahaba Cycles and Taco Mac. Cahaba Cycles relocated to this development, and we designed their interior fit-out. The building is organized around a dog-trot breezeway space, opening into a pocket park that lies between the building and the sloped hillside above it. The breezeway also serves as an interactive space where the two tenants share entrances and views. A large firepit makes for a great gathering spot after a bike ride.

The interplay of wood and metal, glass and hand-painted signage were key components of this unique retail project, and were elements that we incorporated in combining the pre-engineered metal building structure with the rustic & outdoor lifestyle feel that were essential to this location and tenant mix.

BaseCamp and the Canopy are located on Amphitheater Road and are near the south entrance to Oak Mountain State Park. It is also across the street from the Pelham Civic Complex and Ice Arena (also a BAS Project) and Live Nation’s Oak Mountain Amphitheater.

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The exterior of the building is aluminum panels and curtain wall glazing, with an aluminum eyebrow sunshade wrapping the entire building. The building also needed to have some traditional elements, formally, in order to relate to the more classic & traditional architecture of the other proposed buildings for the Patchwork Farms development.  The two tenants, Rime Companies and MedJet Assist, will share common area spaces including lounge spaces and a monumental lobby and board room space located at the center of the building.  These centrally located spaces have 22’ high ceilings, extending to high clerestory windows placed under a wide overhanging roof.  The mechanical system in these spaces are completely concealed, with registers in the deep window sills and with returns in concealed within the custom millwork.  The spaces throughout the building are filled with light, borrowed from perimeter offices glazed on the hallway side to let exterior daylight back to the interior spaces.

Completion Date

2023 | 11,200 SF

Project Team

General Contractor:
Maxus Construction
Fixtures & interior colaboration:
FixtureLab
Landscape Design:
Environmental Design Studio
Structural Engineering:
Tucker Jones Engineering
Mechanical+Plumbing+Electrical Engineering:
Dewberry Engineering

Photography: Art Meripol