Apple Store Palo Alto | BCJ

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“The Square Inc. Headquarters  _ Apple Store Palo Alto _ an open, flexible and collaborative office interior that highlights the company’s core values of modern and functional design. The design of the main office floor takes cues from urban planning by creating clear circulation routes with visual landmarks that break down the scale of the expansive space. The organizational heart of the project, its central boulevard, provides a social hub for a company whose products serve the urban marketplace.”

Courtesy of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson – Photographs : Hufton + Crow, Roy Zipstein

With 180 lineal feet of storefront glass and three entrances, rarely has an Apple store been so visually recognizable and physically accessible. The transparent front room is made column-free by the integration of slender structural glass fins, the storefront supporting the roof above. With only wood tables and a stone wall resting on the floor, the space below the roof is left uninhibited for the exploration of products.

Courtesy of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson – Photographs : Hufton + Crow, Roy Zipstein

As a counterpoint to the transparency and openness of the front room, the back room—dedicated to service, training, and accessory retail display—is enclosed and calming. Separated from the front retail space by a stone wall, this second space is reached by passing through one of two openings. The sense of privacy and uniqueness supports the ambition for a place of gathering and learning.

Courtesy of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson – Axonometric

Delicate stainless steel beams support a gently arcing glass roof that fills the back room with daylight. Extending to surrounding walls, the expansive glass roof allows stone walls to extend unobstructed to the sky above, adding to the perception of being outdoors. A careful balance of tint, dot-patterned frit, and high performance coating allows modulated daylight to fill the space while maintaining visual and thermal comfort year round.

Courtesy of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson – Photographs : Hufton + Crow, Roy Zipstein

Courtesy of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson – Photographs : Hufton + Crow, Roy Zipstein

Project Info :

Architects : Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Civil : BKF
MEP : WSP Group
Project Year : 2017
Lighting : ISP Design
Project Area : 11,900 SF
Structural : Umerani Associates
Contractor : Pepper Construction
Project Manager : Michael Waltner, RA
Design Principal : Karl A. Backus, FAIA
Photographs : Hufton + Crow, Roy Zipstein
Manufacturers : Whisperwalls, PIETRA SERENA, Frener&Reifer
Project Location : Stanford Shopping Center, 379 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States
Design Team : Dan Yoder, Designer / David Andreini, AIA / Tina Lindinger, AIA / Joe DiNapoli, RA / Andrew Hamblin, RA / George Bradley, AIA

 

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