BROADCOM PARKING GARAGE, San Jose, Calif.
Retrofit Team
ARCHITECT: HOK
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Devcon Construction Inc., Milpitas, Calif.
PANEL DEALER: B.T. Mancini Co. Inc., Milpitas
Materials
The Broadcom Parking Garage, a necessary and integral portion of the HOK-designed, 1-millionsquare- foot Broadcom campus, was transformed into a visually appealing, open structure with perforated metal panels in Champagne Pearl and Clay colors. About 20,050 square feet of perforated metal was installed on the four-level, 812-space garage.
“Part of the challenge was to transform the existing structure to become more open and interact with the surroundings,” says Rafael Gavilanes, project architect, HOK. “The strategy was to line the precast concrete structure with a veil of systematic, yet diverse elements—a metallic veil of perforated metal and textures that allowed us to screen the cars and the headlights from the users and neighbors while allowing light and ventilation to flow through.”
HOK’s team specified EcoScreen Perforated Cascade metal panels to achieve the desired level of screening and ventilation on this garage façade, as well as make the scale of the structure appear less monolithic and more ethereal.
“CENTRIA EcoScreen allowed us color choices and precise degrees of perforations and corrugated texture,” Gavilanes says. “This was a critical aspect of the design: The panels allowed us to break down the hefty garage structure to a more human and approachable scale.”
METAL PANEL PRODUCT AND MANUFACTURER: EcoScreen Perforated Cascade from CENTRIA
The Retrofit
The Broadcom Parking Garage spans 249,000 square feet and includes two stairwells and a masonry elevator tower. It was completed in October 2017.
Photo: CENTRIA