Proj Overview

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Located on a 28-acre waterfront site across from the San Francisco Giants’ Oracle Park stadium, the Mission Rock neighborhood will feature an array of workplaces, market-rate homes, shops, cafes, and amenities. Inspired by geological formations and local urban neighborhoods, the Mission Rock development used architectural precast concrete to transform a former parking lot into a mixed-use destination. Building G, soon to be the new Visa Corporation headquarters, is a 13-story, 300,000-ft2 structure with the capacity for 1500 employees

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PRECAST SOLUTION

The architect wanted to create impactful architecture that enables an active urban landscape, but also wanted to avoid sleek, all-glass commercial towers. Precast concrete was the ultimate solution.

 

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Project Team

Architect

Henning Larsen

Owner

Tishman Speyer

Contractor

Nibbi Brothers, Hathaway Dinwiddie

Engineer

Gresham Smith

Precast Concrete Producer

Clark Pacific

Image Credit

Jason O’Rear

Key Project Attributes

  • It was important for each building in the large project to have its own unique identity, but the whole neighborhood also had to have a cohesive feel overall.
  • Mission Rock is a key gateway development on a prominent, previously undeveloped site. It includes ground-floor retail, multilevel terraces, a main roof deck, and a creative interpretation on a traditional façade.
  • The finished product feels different from other new mixed-use developments. The architecture of the buildings speak to each other, even though they have very distinct identities

Project/Precast Scope

  • Architectural precast concrete panels clad the 13-story office building, which has a large footprint but a pedestrian scale in this walkable community. The finished product feels different from other new mixed-use developments.
  • The precast concrete design also had to accommodate seismic joints, which were hidden as much as possible.
  • To incorporate the unique geometries across the building envelope, the precast concrete components span three bays wide with three windows per panel or approximately 21-ft modules.