Solution

The Avery, Transbay Block 8, 400-450 Folsom Street

San Francisco, CA

Service: Building Enclosure Design
Keywords: Below-Ground Waterproofing, Curtain Wall, High Rise, Masonry-Brick, Plaza, Residential, Retail, Roofing, Waterproofing, Windows

Client

The Related Companies

Completion

2019
The Avery, Transbay Block 8
The Avery, Transbay Block 8
The Avery, Transbay Block 8

The mixed-use development at 400 Folsom Street includes a fifty-five-story tower (The Avery) and two low-rise buildings designed by the executive architecture team of Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Fougeron Architecture. Together, the tower, clad with crenelated curtain wall, and the adjacent seven- and ten-story brick-clad buildings, house a total of 548 condominium and apartment units. Residents enjoy many amenities, such as an indoor pool, lounges, fitness center, podium terraces designed for entertaining, and below-grade parking. SGH consulted on the building enclosure design.

Scope | Solutions

SGH assisted HKS Architects, the architect of record, with the building enclosure design, including waterproofing, exterior wall and glazing systems, and roofing. Highlights of our work include the following:

  • Reviewing the building enclosure design for airtightness, watertightness, thermal performance, condensation resistance, and constructability, and recommending ways to improve performance

  • Assisting with the design of roofing and below-grade, plaza, and terrace waterproofing by helping select systems and developing details to integrate the various waterproofing assemblies with each other and with other building enclosure systems

  • Helping detail ribbon windows and brick veneer cladding and their transitions for the low-rise buildings

  • Consulting on the tower’s curtain wall assembly, including developing a performance-based specification, helping the owner select a manufacturer, reviewing performance mockup shop drawings, collaborating with the manufacturer to help them modify certain elements to improve durability, visiting the plant to review the fabrication process for the performance mockup units, witnessing assembly and testing of the performance mockup

  • Providing construction phase services, including reviewing cladding and waterproofing shop drawings, observing ongoing construction, and witnessing field testing, and helping the contractor address field conditions

Project Contact(s)

Craig Allender

Craig Allender

Xiu Li