One & Co : By Cary Bernstein Architect ~ HouseVariety

Thursday, March 10, 2011

One & Co : By Cary Bernstein Architect

San Francsico, CA, United States
Cary Bernstein Architect
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Cesar Rubio

One & Co is part of a new generation of industrial design firms on the rise in San Francisco. Since its founding 10 years ago, the firm has made its home in a turn-of-the-century brick warehouse in the Mission District. When the need came to expand into an adjacent space, the three principals saw the opportunity to create a workspace that represented the culture of their collaborative studio, design values and the firm’s increasing prominence.

Photo © Courtesy of Cesar Rubio

At 6,500-square-feet, the new studio nearly doubles the size of One & Co’s original space yet the design maintains enough intimacy to support fluid working relationships among the staff. The open plan takes advantage of the generous windows to the south and east, setting more discreet uses—fabrication room, lounge, “war rooms,” kitchen and bathrooms—along interior walls. The war rooms can be temporarily occupied by design teams and concealed by curtains when needed to preserve confidentiality.

Photo © Courtesy of Cesar Rubio

The minimalist vocabulary of the new construction enhances the character of the older building and provides a range of visual and tactile experiences through essays on translucency, transparency, materiality, mass, texture, color and light. The neutral palette is punctuated by hot pink surfaces on the walls, floor and furniture which enliven the perception of depth. Walnut, used in both the architectural paneling and furniture, adds warmth, naturally bridging both perfect and imperfect worlds of new and old.

Photo © Courtesy of Cesar Rubio

Products designed by One & Co. are integrated into the architecture and interior design including the new Crease tile (a collaboration with Heath Ceramics), the Periodic Table, Aura credenza and Chrysalis stool for Council, and just-a-bench for Orange22.

Photo © Courtesy of Cesar Rubio

site plan--drawing Courtesy of Cary Bernstein Architect

floor plan--drawing Courtesy of Cary Bernstein Architect

The people

Architects: Cary Bernstein Architect
Location: San Francsico, CA, United States
Project Team: Cary Bernstein, Brieanne Taylor, Tomas Rizo
Contractor: Stein-Casey Construction
Lighting: Alice Prussin Lighting Design
Project Area: 6,500 sq ft
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Cesar Rubio

The products
Construction materials, Semi-finished materials: United California Glass & Door, DuPont, Tap Plastics
Glass: Low-Iron Laminated by United California Glass & Door
Reception Desk: Corian by DuPont
Plexiglass by Tap Plastics
Floor: Artigo, Karastan Contract, Golden State Lumber, Heath Ceramics, Forbo, Walnut
Rubber Flooring by Artigo
Carpet (pink) by Karastan Contract
Wood Flooring: Engineered Oak by Golden State Lumber
Tile: Crease (designed by One & Co in collaboration w/ Heath Ceramics) by Heath Ceramics
Desk Top Surface by Forbo
Wood Veneer by Walnut
Furniture: Plank Collezioni, Maharam, Arpa, Orange22, Herman Miller , Council, Room & Board, Vitra, Capellini, Zanotta
Small Conf. Chair: Myoto by Plank Collezioni
War Room Stools: “Chrysalis,” Council, designed by One & Co by Maharam
Large Conf. Chair: Catifa 53 by Arpa
Exterior Bench: Just-A-Bench (designed by One & Co) by Orange22
Work Chair: Aeron by Herman Miller
Lounge Table: Periodic Table by Council
War Room Tables by Room & Board
Small Conf. Table: Geo Table (designed by Arik Levy) by Council
Large Conf. Table: Joyn by Vitra
Lounge Chairs: Capellini (designed by Jasper Morrison) by Capellini
Reception Sofa by Zanotta
Desks: Council by Council
Joinery: Valli & Valli
Door Hardware: Rixson by Valli & Valli
Kitchen Equipment: Capellini, Room & Board
Kitchen Stools by Capellini
Kitchen Tables by Room & Board
Lighting, Heating, Home/building automation: Delray Lighting, Artemide, Lightolier
Lightning by Delray Lighting
Lightning by Artemide
Lightning by Lightolier
Mobile Partitions/Suspended Ceilings/Raised Floors: Claridge Products & Equipment
White Board: WallTalkers by Claridge Products & Equipment
Structures: Häfele America Co.
Cabinet Hardware by Häfele America Co.
Walls: Benjamin Moore, Maharam

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