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Olson Kundig '14 - 242 State Street

Practice

Olson Kundig


BUILDING

242 State Street


City

California


Country

USA


Completion

2014


YY

14


CLIENT

Passerelle Investment Company


CONSULTANTS

Cody Brock Construction (Contractor), MCE Structural Consultants (structural engineering), Kb Architectural Services (gizmo engineering), Turner Exhibits (gizmo interior fabrication), Argent Fabrication (gizmo interior fabrication), Spencer Finch (Back to Kansas, a temporary installation for SFMOMA), Jeremy Kramp (custom operable window engineering and fabrication)


Storey

1


STATUS

Completed


PROGRAM

Retail


ARCHITECT'S

Located in downtown Los Altos, the highlight of this adaptive re-use project is the introduction of a new façade that enables the circa 1950’s building to morph from an enclosed structure into an environment that invites the community into the space. The transformation was achieved by essentially replacing the entire front façade with a double-height, double hung floor-to-ceiling window wall that can be raised or lowered depending upon the needs of the user. The wall is operated by engaging a pedal – to unlock the safety mechanism – then turning a hand wheel which activates a series of gears and pulleys that opens the sixteen-by-ten-foot, two thousand pound window wall. When closed, visitors to the shop enter through a ten-foot-tall pivot door.
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COLLECTION

KAW

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