Kappe+Du Architects: San Francisco Bay Area Architecture


2-story "yard side" *Architecture With a Positive Aesthetic That Maximizes Efficiencies + Space* To be completed in December 2008, the Martinez Maintenance Service Center will serve the City Public Works divisions, consisting of an administration/shops building, a vehicle maintenance garage, a storage building, and a covered parking structure.
*Key Project Considerations*

	+	To site the administration building to take advantage of passive solar energy

	+	To minimize impact on the street front by creating a one-story presence

	+	To cost-effectively provide a public building with potential for growth and expansion



*Predicted Successes for This Project*

	+	Design the administration building with a public frontage. Its long rectangular structure, parallel to Pacheco Boulevard, is oriented in the south and north direction to maximize its use of passive solar energy.

	+	Taking advantage of the site's natural contour, the 2-story yard side of the building contains the shops, garage and a storage building one story below the street level.

	+	Retain the amenity of existing redwood trees along Pacheco Boulevard and augment that by a site- sensitive landscape plan. The large existing trees provide solar shading.