Palo Alto, California, USA
Located in Palo Alto and tucked into a hilly site, the new Stanford Research Park building, designed by Erik Sueberkrop of Studios Architecture, provides both the feeling of an intimate campus and sweeping views out across Palo Alto and the greater Silicon Valley.
The architect’s guiding principle was to develop a design that harmonizes with the beautiful hillside setting while attracting and accelerating innovation for its technology, R&D, biotech, and life sciences tenants.
Stanford Research Park 3380 Coyote Hill Road has recently been awarded a 2022 American Architecture Award Honorable Mention, by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The building is stepped with the slope of the hillside to create a series of elevated terraces and stepped plazas that guide visitors to the entrances and encourage tenants to enjoy the mature redwood trees and native landscaping throughout the site.
Inspired by the backdrop of Coyote Hill, the team has selected warm and earthy materials to convey a welcoming presence while also expressing forward-looking, high-performance building systems, large expanses of glass, and open floorplates essential for an R&D office building.
Architectural and shading strategies are integrated to maximize daylighting while reducing energy loads and adding a large photovoltaic array on the roof.
Floor-to-ceiling glass along most of the north façade and a large saw-toothed central skylight bring bright natural light deep inside the building.
The two wings flank a great central room, forming the social and collaborative heart of the project.
Project: Stanford Research Park 3380 Coyote Hill Road
Architects: STUDIOS Architecture
Lead Architect: Erik Sueberkrop
General Contractor: Devcon Construction Incorporated
Client: Stanford Real Estate
Photographer: Tim Griffith
