Confidential Parking Structure

This South San Francisco parking structure bends away from the street with a gentle curve that veils 540 parking stalls and encloses a campus green that serves nearby world-class biopharmaceutical companies. The parking structure occupies the eastern edge of the site leaving the prime location for an office building. Using the parking structure as a backdrop, the lawn, shaded grove, and volleyball court activate the interior of the site with a prized campus amenity.

The parking structure takes many of its visual cues from the adjacent office building. At five stories, the parking structure mimics the height and scale of the amenities podium of the office building to form a continuous facade. The framing of the amenities podium inspires the contrast of metal mesh and concrete along the breadth ends of the parking structure, aiding with wayfinding. The curved facade is punctuated by a series of angled insets that recall the geometry of the office building.

Perimeter landscaping provides an additional 80 surface spots, with total parking for 620 vehicles on site.