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Award: Design Journal 2009 Platinum Award
Design Journal Platinum Award for Design Excellence – 2009
* DD & CD development and construction administration for 4-story custom curtain wall facade addition, new lobby, and tenant spaces in existing building.
The new facade fills in the previously open 2-4 story plaza maximizing rentable space in the building. The first floor is divided into two spaces. The western half is the future home of a club that will highlight the double story height space created by the addition at the front of the building. The eastern half houses the building core, loading dock, and expanded lobby. New floor slabs were added at the second and third floors adding more tenant space.
The construction of the facade is a composition of steel tubes clad in aluminum bend plate, stainless steel louvers and hardware, stick-built storefront system with clear vision glass and back-lit laminated spandrel panels hiding the structural columns. The black granite curb assembly and aluminum cladding is detailed to allow no visual break in the vision glass between the interior & exterior spaces.
On this project i was responsible for the design development and detailing of the facade addition, as well as construction administration and coordination of all shop drawings. Because the building is on my route to and from work I was able to pay close attention to the construction of the building.
The plaster ceiling under the new stainless steel clad entrance canopy marks the location of the expanded lobby. The white plaster ceiling thrusts beyond the black granite pavers and cladding in the entry plaza puncturing the glass entrance planes. The lobby floor is white terrazo which mirrors the ceiling plane enhancing the volume of the space. The western feature wall houses the building directory set in a dark gray laquered wood panels and are followed by straggered back-lit seaweed glass panels which stand upon a white lacquered wood bench. The extent of the seaweed glass panels define the waiting area. The opposing wall is clad in bamboo panels and houses the elevators. The use of natural material accents in the seaweed glass and bamboo panels serve to soften the bright white space. A new white lacquered wood reception desk stands in front of the bamboo wall and features a composition of back-lit glass and wood volumes.
In addition to my CD and CA responsibilities on this project i also played an active role in the selection of materials and design of the lobby features.
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