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Office: Bjarke Ingels Group/Heatherwick Studio
Role: Project Architect/Project Leader of 20+ person team responsible for design studies and iterations, visualizations, documentation and construction administration duties. As part of the team participating in the IPD process I was responsible for presentations to client, contractor and consultant teams providing cost effective and constructable solutions while maintaining a high level of design intent.

Type: Office
Status: Completed 2022
Size: 1,100,000 sqft
Location: Mountain View, California

The tech campus houses a state-of-the-art office space, designed to seat 4350 inhabitants in 2 large single volume spaces that rethink the future of workplace design. With an emphasis on human-centered design for optimizing technology, Bay View features open plan offices consolidated on a single raised open floor plate, with all the associated support spaces tucked under this level and accessed through a series of place-making courtyards. The design of Bay View features a large canopy that regulates light, climate, air quality and sound, and encloses flexible building segments that can accommodate the change in office use over time. Both inside and outside of the enclosure we plan to restore the natural habitat of the site. A generous central plaza connects to the two office “squomes” (square domes) and provides a shaded, sheltered and secure outdoor space for large scale events, meetings and dining. This external heart of the complex also provides access to a third structure which houses 1000 and 500 seat live production spaces and smaller break out event spaces. The site is expected to achieve a LEED-NC v4 Platinum certification and become the largest facility ever to attain the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) Living Building Challenge (LBC) Water Petal Certification.