HQ Building, SF Bay Area, CA, USA
This new headquarters building brings together all the functions of a contemporary working environment within a single building. The top three floors are office spaces with break-out areas; while the ground floor is dedicated to public and shared facilities. Surrounding the central, light-filled atrium that serves as a large event space are shared facilities including, staff dining area, day care centre, fitness centre, and multi-purpose hall. The upper floors are enclosed by a series of overlapping surfaces which provide oblique views of the park and allow natural light to enter. The main mass of overlapping surfaces arches up from the ground, to appear as floating above the surrounding landscape, while maintaining the transparency and connectivity of the ground floor to the surrounding park and approaching visitors. Newtecnic is responsible for the complete multi-disciplinary design of the project, including architecture, structural engineering, facade engineering and MEP engineering.
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