Article source: Ojanen Chiou architects LLP

The home office of internationally renowned landscape architecture firm SWA Group is a 12,000sf (1,200sm) warehouse located near San Francisco Bay that was originally used in the manufacture of Liberty ships during WWII from1942-1945.  Ojanen_Chioiu architects LLP was commissioned to re-conceptualize the 1980’s-era entry lobby that had outlived its functionality and lacked a strong spatial or material resonance with the firm’s work and identity.

OCA interior renovation for SWA

• Architects:Ojanen Chiou architects LLP
• Project: Morphing Cor-ten: Interior renovation at SWA Group’s main office (designed using AutoCAD and SketchUp)
• Location: Sausalito, California, USA
• Project Area: 1,500 square feet
• Client: SWA Group
• Structural engineer: Ish Jhamb & Associates
• General contractor: Meylan construction
• Steel Fabrication: SculptureTech LLC
• Program: Reception area, waiting area, work area, storage room and conference room.
• Software used: AutoCAD, Sketchup and Photoshop

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