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San Francisco International Technology Center
Year 2016 | Burlingame, California
The Garden Grove Retail Center is a retail shopping center development consisting of two single-story buildings incorporating an orchestrated variation of front elevations that give each tenant space a sense of identity within the whole. The integration of open space and landscape throughout the project, and especially along the Garden Grove Boulevard frontage, provides a continuous pedestrian experience designed to encourage shoppers to interact with the site.
A unique gateway structure articulates a unified identity in contrast with the more traditional commercial corridor of Garden Grove Boulevard. The gateway structure is an urban gesture exploring a simple relationship of structure and skin while defining a permeable street edge.
The Garden Grove Retail Center is a retail shopping center development consisting of two single-story buildings incorporating an orchestrated variation of front elevations that give each tenant space a sense of identity within the whole. The integration of open space and landscape throughout the project, and especially along the Garden Grove Boulevard frontage, provides a continuous pedestrian experience designed to encourage shoppers to interact with the site.
A unique gateway structure articulates a unified identity in contrast with the more traditional commercial corridor of Garden Grove Boulevard. The gateway structure is an urban gesture exploring a simple relationship of structure and skin while defining a permeable street edge.
Ordos International Plaza
Year 2011 | Inner Mongolia, China
The Ordos Hub will occupy 300 acres of flat land, located at the edge of the Ordos urban structure and near the Railroad Station on one side and the man-made lake on the other. The commercial project has been designed as a dialogue between open spaces and the different uses housed in the various buildings.
The Ordos Hub will occupy 300 acres of flat land, located at the edge of the Ordos urban structure and near the Railroad Station on one side and the man-made lake on the other. The commercial project has been designed as a dialogue between open spaces and the different uses housed in the various buildings.
Three Lakeway Center
Year 1988 | Metairie, Louisiana
This multi-use, 37-story building contains 1,350,000 sq ft and includes an enclosed parking garage accommodating 1,650 vehicles. Clad in an aluminum and glass curtain wall, the structure houses a 120-room hotel with a formal restaurant at the ground level, an office tower with 700,000 sq ft of leasable area, a health club offering both indoor and outdoor facilities which include a cafeteria located on the 6th floor roof terrace above the parking garage. Located on the waterfront of Pontchatrain Lake, the complex is the gateway to the City of New Orleans for motorist arriving over the 35-mile long Causeway Bridge. The semi-transparent skin of the building shimmers with the reflection of the water producing continuous change in color and texture.
This multi-use, 37-story building contains 1,350,000 sq ft and includes an enclosed parking garage accommodating 1,650 vehicles. Clad in an aluminum and glass curtain wall, the structure houses a 120-room hotel with a formal restaurant at the ground level, an office tower with 700,000 sq ft of leasable area, a health club offering both indoor and outdoor facilities which include a cafeteria located on the 6th floor roof terrace above the parking garage. Located on the waterfront of Pontchatrain Lake, the complex is the gateway to the City of New Orleans for motorist arriving over the 35-mile long Causeway Bridge. The semi-transparent skin of the building shimmers with the reflection of the water producing continuous change in color and texture.
Alhambra Hotel
Year 2018 | Alhambra, California
The proposed complex is located on a prominent urban thoroughfare and contiguous to an existing hotel and a restaurant. The site layout celebrates the intersection of Commonwealth Ave and Elm St by creating an entry plaza that stretches along the main avenue with an outdoor seating area and a landscaped pedestrian community area incorporating water features and shaded by an undulating decorative trellis. There is a clear separation between the vehicular and pedestrian circulation.
To minimize the traffic impact, the access to the proposed complex shares the existing curb cut in Commonwealth that currently serves the parking of the existing restaurant and hotel. From the entry driveway the vehicles (cars, taxis and buses) can access to the handicapped parking, loading areas, hotel drop-off and the proposed parking garage. The proposed traffic can exit to Elm Street and from there be distributed to local streets, alleviating the traffic impact to Fremont Ave. The pedestrian access is provided through the entry plaza facing Commonwealth towards the cafe and hotel lobby. From the parking garage located at the rear of the site, pedestrians will access the buildings through marked crosswalk at paved low-traffic areas.
The Complex ground floor is dedicated to a commercial cafe and the rest to the hotel operations, including a small number of flexible meeting rooms for hotel guests. The upper levels are dedicated to 134 hotel rooms, including 115 Standard rooms, 9 Junior Suites, 9 Deluxe Suites and a Presidential Suite with an exclusive terrace garden. There are two levels of covered parking and one level of roof parking, providing 194 parking spaces while only 171 are required by Zoning Code.
The Complex's architecture is articulated by creating three interconnected buildings decreasing in height from 68 feet to 42 feet with an intermediate building height of 53 feet. Addressing sustainable principles the project is proposing solar panels in the highest building and the use of recyclable materials through the structure and finishes.
The proposed complex is located on a prominent urban thoroughfare and contiguous to an existing hotel and a restaurant. The site layout celebrates the intersection of Commonwealth Ave and Elm St by creating an entry plaza that stretches along the main avenue with an outdoor seating area and a landscaped pedestrian community area incorporating water features and shaded by an undulating decorative trellis. There is a clear separation between the vehicular and pedestrian circulation.
To minimize the traffic impact, the access to the proposed complex shares the existing curb cut in Commonwealth that currently serves the parking of the existing restaurant and hotel. From the entry driveway the vehicles (cars, taxis and buses) can access to the handicapped parking, loading areas, hotel drop-off and the proposed parking garage. The proposed traffic can exit to Elm Street and from there be distributed to local streets, alleviating the traffic impact to Fremont Ave. The pedestrian access is provided through the entry plaza facing Commonwealth towards the cafe and hotel lobby. From the parking garage located at the rear of the site, pedestrians will access the buildings through marked crosswalk at paved low-traffic areas.
The Complex ground floor is dedicated to a commercial cafe and the rest to the hotel operations, including a small number of flexible meeting rooms for hotel guests. The upper levels are dedicated to 134 hotel rooms, including 115 Standard rooms, 9 Junior Suites, 9 Deluxe Suites and a Presidential Suite with an exclusive terrace garden. There are two levels of covered parking and one level of roof parking, providing 194 parking spaces while only 171 are required by Zoning Code.
The Complex's architecture is articulated by creating three interconnected buildings decreasing in height from 68 feet to 42 feet with an intermediate building height of 53 feet. Addressing sustainable principles the project is proposing solar panels in the highest building and the use of recyclable materials through the structure and finishes.
Sierra Madre Medical Office
Year 2012 | Sierra Madre, California
To better serve the people of Sierra Madre, client Dr. Hani Sami commissioned Nardi Associates to design the expansion of his current medical practice. Dr. Sami charged NA with the challenge of attention and sensitivity to the current quality of his scenic foothill town and respect of the existing old structure located on the street front.
The new three-story high 11,000 sq ft building houses exam rooms, minor procedure rooms, offices, conference rooms, and waiting areas organized in such a way as to allow doctors to work together with seamless interaction with their patients. The ground floor of the new building is visually associated with the existing medical office at its front. A stone veneer was proposed to give a sense of a grounded and solid base. The upper level is placed behind an architectural screen which serves to shade the southern exposed windows, block less attractive views of the rooftop in front of the new structure, and also blend the upper floors into the surrounding hillside landscape.
To better serve the people of Sierra Madre, client Dr. Hani Sami commissioned Nardi Associates to design the expansion of his current medical practice. Dr. Sami charged NA with the challenge of attention and sensitivity to the current quality of his scenic foothill town and respect of the existing old structure located on the street front.
The new three-story high 11,000 sq ft building houses exam rooms, minor procedure rooms, offices, conference rooms, and waiting areas organized in such a way as to allow doctors to work together with seamless interaction with their patients. The ground floor of the new building is visually associated with the existing medical office at its front. A stone veneer was proposed to give a sense of a grounded and solid base. The upper level is placed behind an architectural screen which serves to shade the southern exposed windows, block less attractive views of the rooftop in front of the new structure, and also blend the upper floors into the surrounding hillside landscape.
Arcadia Retail and Medical Office
Year | Arcadia, California
The Arcadia Retail and Medical Office is located in one of the most prominent corners of the City of Arcadia, in close proximity to the Freeway 210 and the new Arcadia Gold Line Station (a light rail train).
The building design maximizes the allowable density and zero lot condition for the site (no setbacks) while complying with the permitted 45 feet maximum height.
In order to accommodate the required parking, in addition of the on grade spaces, the design is creating two underground levels accessible with two-way circular ramps.
The heart of the project is an “open lobby” that operates as well as an entry plaza. This space houses the two elevators and a monumental staircase that connects all the three upper floors and the two underground parking levels. A metallic skin wraps around the open lobby and it grows towards the front façade becoming louvers protecting the large glass openings.
To celebrate sustainability and the Southern California climate, the underground levels receive light and ventilation through large light wells eliminating the need of mechanical air exhaust while making a more lively use of those vehicular and pedestrian spaces.
The Arcadia Retail and Medical Office is located in one of the most prominent corners of the City of Arcadia, in close proximity to the Freeway 210 and the new Arcadia Gold Line Station (a light rail train).
The building design maximizes the allowable density and zero lot condition for the site (no setbacks) while complying with the permitted 45 feet maximum height.
In order to accommodate the required parking, in addition of the on grade spaces, the design is creating two underground levels accessible with two-way circular ramps.
The heart of the project is an “open lobby” that operates as well as an entry plaza. This space houses the two elevators and a monumental staircase that connects all the three upper floors and the two underground parking levels. A metallic skin wraps around the open lobby and it grows towards the front façade becoming louvers protecting the large glass openings.
To celebrate sustainability and the Southern California climate, the underground levels receive light and ventilation through large light wells eliminating the need of mechanical air exhaust while making a more lively use of those vehicular and pedestrian spaces.
Garden Grove Retail Center
Year 2009 | Garden Grove, California
The Garden Grove Retail Center is a retail shopping center development consisting of two single-story buildings incorporating an orchestrated variation of front elevations that give each tenant space a sense of identity within the whole. The integration of open space and landscape throughout the project, and especially along the Garden Grove Boulevard frontage, provides a continuous pedestrian experience designed to encourage shoppers to interact with the site.
A unique gateway structure articulates a unified identity in contrast with the more traditional commercial corridor of Garden Grove Boulevard. The gateway structure is an urban gesture exploring a simple relationship of structure and skin while defining a permeable street edge.
The Garden Grove Retail Center is a retail shopping center development consisting of two single-story buildings incorporating an orchestrated variation of front elevations that give each tenant space a sense of identity within the whole. The integration of open space and landscape throughout the project, and especially along the Garden Grove Boulevard frontage, provides a continuous pedestrian experience designed to encourage shoppers to interact with the site.
A unique gateway structure articulates a unified identity in contrast with the more traditional commercial corridor of Garden Grove Boulevard. The gateway structure is an urban gesture exploring a simple relationship of structure and skin while defining a permeable street edge.
Shamrock Office
Year 2010 | Monrovia, California
The Shamrock Architecture Office is located on the corner of East Huntington Avenue and Shamrock Avenue, north of the Interstate 210 freeway, in the city of Monrovia. Long before its renovation, the original structure built in 1918 was used as a gas station and mechanic shop with garage openings along the east side of the building facing Shamrock Avenue and catering to the American car culture that sparked from the history of the nearby Route 66. The conversion of a historically valuable space designed for vehicle services and maintenance into an environment for creativity architectural design is based on emphasizing the treasured existing conditions and exploring adaptable solutions for a functioning space with a contemporary language. The brick shell and wood lamella roof created an opportunity for the architecture firm to bring a new chapter to a story that had already begun.
The Shamrock Architecture Office is located on the corner of East Huntington Avenue and Shamrock Avenue, north of the Interstate 210 freeway, in the city of Monrovia. Long before its renovation, the original structure built in 1918 was used as a gas station and mechanic shop with garage openings along the east side of the building facing Shamrock Avenue and catering to the American car culture that sparked from the history of the nearby Route 66. The conversion of a historically valuable space designed for vehicle services and maintenance into an environment for creativity architectural design is based on emphasizing the treasured existing conditions and exploring adaptable solutions for a functioning space with a contemporary language. The brick shell and wood lamella roof created an opportunity for the architecture firm to bring a new chapter to a story that had already begun.
Rosemead Properties
Year 2024 | Rosemead, California
The conceptual urban design responds to the Garvey Blvd Specific Plan with a comprehensive Master Plan that addresses both Project 1 and Project 2, located on separate parcels. The plan is driven by a focus on connectivity and public interaction, with an emphasis on creating an integrated, pedestrian-friendly environment.
The design considers the potential for connectivity between the parcels facing Garvey Blvd and San Gabriel Blvd, utilizing the existing wash as the central spine of the site. This natural feature will serve as the main axis for pedestrian movement, providing direct access to all on-grade uses. To enhance interparcel connectivity, the proposal includes negotiations with the Corps of Engineers for the construction of a pedestrian bridge over the wash, facilitating seamless movement between the two parcels. Vehicular access will be provided via both main thoroughfares, functioning as fire lanes while also connecting to the proposed garages and open public parking areas. Retail and commercial spaces will be located at grade, with the exception of live-work units, which will be positioned on the upper levels and accessed via exclusive elevators.
The architectural language for both projects focuses on mass articulation, activating street edges, and maximizing functional efficiency. This approach provides a distinctive exterior treatment for each building, creating a unique architectural identity for Project 1 and Project 2. Materials and detailing will further reinforce the character of each project, contributing to a cohesive yet differentiated urban design.
The conceptual urban design responds to the Garvey Blvd Specific Plan with a comprehensive Master Plan that addresses both Project 1 and Project 2, located on separate parcels. The plan is driven by a focus on connectivity and public interaction, with an emphasis on creating an integrated, pedestrian-friendly environment.
The design considers the potential for connectivity between the parcels facing Garvey Blvd and San Gabriel Blvd, utilizing the existing wash as the central spine of the site. This natural feature will serve as the main axis for pedestrian movement, providing direct access to all on-grade uses. To enhance interparcel connectivity, the proposal includes negotiations with the Corps of Engineers for the construction of a pedestrian bridge over the wash, facilitating seamless movement between the two parcels. Vehicular access will be provided via both main thoroughfares, functioning as fire lanes while also connecting to the proposed garages and open public parking areas. Retail and commercial spaces will be located at grade, with the exception of live-work units, which will be positioned on the upper levels and accessed via exclusive elevators.
The architectural language for both projects focuses on mass articulation, activating street edges, and maximizing functional efficiency. This approach provides a distinctive exterior treatment for each building, creating a unique architectural identity for Project 1 and Project 2. Materials and detailing will further reinforce the character of each project, contributing to a cohesive yet differentiated urban design.
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