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Frog
San Francisco
David Baker FAIA & Partners
Curtained curves soften orthogonal
grid
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FAIA & Partners, Architects |
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Set in the South of Market (SOMA) area
of San Francisco, this renovated warehouse serves as the new
home for product development, new media, and web site design
for this international industrial design firm. Because the
space would be used for such varying purposes, ensuring complete
visual privacy between the work areas and the conference/meeting
areas was a priority.
As a counterpoint to the orthogonal grid
of the existing structure, a number of curved elements were
introduced into the building volume. The largest of these
forms is the principal conference room located on the ground
floor. In lieu of walls, a large arc of velvet curtain has
been introduced at each floor, segregating the client/meeting
spaces from the workstation/office zones.
The owner requested a casual but purposeful
approach to design. A collection of standard building materials
identifies the various use areas. Corrugated fiberglass is
used at the conference room exteriors, while recycled fiberboard
functions as the wall sheathing for the angular volumes of
the support spaces.
At 12,200 square feet, the building is
two stories in height, with an additional large mezzanine
located between the ground level and upper story. Included
within this framework are two large spaces designated for
computer workstations (projected to reach a total of fifty),
a kitchen/dining facility, a recording/sound editing studio,
and three formal conference rooms (along with a number of
casual meeting "enclaves").
Formal name
of building:
Frog Design Studios
Location:
San Francisco, Calif.
Gross square
footage:
12,200 sq ft
Total construction
cost:
$804,000
Owner:
frogDesign Inc.
www.frogdesign.com
Architect's
firm:
David Baker FAIA & Partners, Architects
461 Second St., Loft 127
San Francisco, CA 94107
Tel. 415.896.6700
Fax. 415.896.6103
www.dbarchitect.com
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