Mark Cavagnero Associates Architects

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    Salesforce East Hospitality Floors

    Status

    Completed, 2018

    Size

    66,400 SF

    Client

    Salesforce

    Scope

    Master Planning, Programming, Concept Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documentation, Construction Administration

    Project Team

    Mark Cavagnero
    Brandon Joo
    Kang Kiang
    Chris Campbell
    Yusun Fesko
    Carol Ishii
    Kathryn Jerman
    David Kwon
    Jacqueline Law
    Nicola McElroy
    Lucien Menair
    Ricardo Moreno
    Anna Swistowska

    Project Collaborators

    General Contractor: Hathaway Dinwiddie
    Project Management: Cushman & Wakefield
    Landscape: Rana Creek Design
    Structural: Forell Elsesser Engineers
    MEP: WSP
    Lighting: Auerbach Glasow
    AV & Acoustics: Arup
    LED Walls: Sensory Interactive
    AV Integration: BBI Engineering
    Telecommunications: Teecom
    Security: Guidepost Solutions
    Food Service (Kitchen): SSA
    Food Service (Barista): Cini-Little
    Mechanized Table: Auerbach Pollock Friedlander
    Signage: Kate Keating Associates
    Furniture & Accessories: The Wiseman Group
    Furniture: One Workplace
    Wind Engineering: CPP
    Waterproofing: SGH
    Code Consulting: Reax
    Specifications: Emily Borland
    LEED: Brightworks Sustainability
    Ceramic Tile Wall Murals: Shinji Murakami
    Reclaimed Redwood Planter Benches: Kyle Minor Design

    Special Features

    LEED v2009 Platinum in 2018

    Description

    In 2015, Mark Cavagnero Associates partnered with Salesforce to create a workplace amenity not typically seen in office buildings. Inspired by the surrounding views of the sky, the San Francisco Bay, and the Transbay Transit Center’s rooftop park, the company envisioned the top floor of their new 30-story, high-rise as a gathering space for everyone rather than dedicating it solely for executives. To enhance this visual connection to the surrounding nature, a lush, indoor garden was conceived throughout floor including on the faces of the structural columns. Daylight was prioritized in the space planning, supplemented by a network of carefully located skylights and a soft, sky-blue acoustical fabric ceiling. A simple, earthy palette of materials like slate stone and teak wood adorn the floors and ceilings. This warm residential backdrop houses a highly flexible event space outfitted with a full commercial kitchen for hosting dinners and receptions plus a large LED video wall for large presentations and functions. Flexibility is most evident in the elevated corner conference room that is equipped with a mechanized table. With a push of a button, the table can drop down to bench height to transform the room for informal meetings or to floor height for the overall platform to function as a stage. To support stage performances, the acoustical wood slat ceiling is outfitted with event lighting and audio connectivity. Operable glass walls and acoustical drapes for room privacy round out the nimble nature of this multipurpose space. Given that this nature-focused floor is open and free to all Salesforce employees, customers, and their nonprofit community partners, it was fittingly dubbed as the Ohana (meaning “family” in Hawaiian) Floor.

    Directly below the Ohana Floor, the Salesforce Innovation Center sits across Levels 28-29 and houses the company’s state-of-the-art customer meeting rooms. Given that all-day briefings are common, the rooms have access to the best views and abundant daylight. The same warm, natural palette of materials as the Ohana Floor are used throughout with the teak wood flooring delineating the gathering spaces and the slate stone flooring designating clear circulation. Soft, organic curved walls also accentuate a deliberate sense of flow from space-to-space.

    Level 27 rounds out the stack of hospitality spaces with the Social Floor. This is an amenity dedicated to employees with a full-service barista, a casual lounge with games and snacks, and a technology service bar, similar in program and experience to the Apple Store’s Genius Bar. Full access to surrounding skyline views and warm, natural materials are consistent with the floors above. A light, open stair connects all four hospitality floors, further highlighting the company’s inclusive-minded values to its employees, customers, and community partners.

    The project was certified LEED v2009 Platinum in 2018.

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    Awards

    International Design Awards, Interior Discipline – Honorable Mention, 2022