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Pensione Esperanza

December 4, 2000

Architects & Firms

David Baker Architects

 

A residence for low-income residents, run by a Catholic charity, shows how making its presence known can revitalize a neighborhood.

Esperanza
Photo © Brian Rose

 

 

 

People

Owner
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County
408-282-1131
www.ccsj.org

Barry Swenson Builder
408-287-0246
www.barryswensonbuilder.com

Merritt Community Capital Corp.
510-444-7870
www.merrittcap.org

Architect
David Baker FAIA & Associates, Architects
461 Second Street, Loft 127
San Francisco, CA 94107
tel. 415.896.6700
fax. 415.896.6103
www.dbarchitect.com

Principal
David Baker FAIA

Project Architect
Kevin Wilcock AIA

Project team
Ted Yoon, Lark Pien, Erica Zitzke

Engineer(s)
Structural:
Tipping & Mar Associates,
1906 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
tel. 510.549.1906
fax. 510.549.1912

Civil:
Sandis Humber Jones
605 Castro St.
Mountain View, CA 94041
tel. 650.969.6900
fax. 650.969.6472
www.shj-ca.com

Mechanical:
David Penney Co.
1620 San Antonio Ave.
Alameda, CA 94501
tel. 510.523.9800
fax. 510.523.9805

Electrical:
HCP Electrical Consultant
6680 Aitken Drive
Oakland, CA 94611
tel. 510.530.9000
fax. 510.482.4000

Plumbing:
James Morel P.E.
829 Missouri Street
Lawerence, Kansas 66044
tel. 888.322.3321
fax. 888.322.3324

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Cottong & Taniguchi
1105 Burlingame Ave.
Burlingame, CA 94010
tel. 650.342.9083
fax. 650.342.7021

Acoustical:
Nigel Breitz
P.O. Box 2605
El Granada, CA 94018
tel. 650.726.4369
fax. 650.712.8186

Geotechnical:
Terratech
1365 Vander Way
San Jose, CA 95112
tel. 408.297.6969
fax. 408.297.7716

Energy:
Victor Associates
116 New Montgomery, Suite 815
San Francisco, CA 94105
tel. 415.541.9801
fax. 415.541.9802

General Contractor
Barry Swenson Builder
701 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95112
tel. 408.621.0162
fax. 408.998.1737
www.barryswensonbuilder.com

Photographer
Brian Rose
tel. (new york) 212.260.5029
tel. (amsterdam) 31.20.624.4163
www.brianrose.com

 

 

Products

Structural System
Slab-On grade foundation
type-V wood frame construction
prefabricated wood trusses

Exterior Cladding
Entry curtainwall:
Vistawall Architectural Products

EIFS:
Cement Plaster
Hardiplank Lap Siding

Roofing
Consolidated fiber glass products:
Conglas Roofing System

Corrugated Metal Panel Roof:
BHP Metal Roofing

Windows
Aluminum:
Milgard Windows www.milgard.com

Skylights:
Tri-star

Doors
Metal and wood doors:
Kelley Door Co.

Hardware
Locksets, hinges, closers, exit devices:
Von Duprin www.vonduprin.com
Cal-Royal www.cal-royal.com

Security devices:
Total Security Systems

Interior Finishes
Unit casework:
IXL Cabinets www.ixlcabinets.com

Custom Casework in lobby (front desk and mailboxes):
David Baker FAIA & Associates, Architects
Matt Hebert & Kevin Wilcock.
www.dbarchitect.com

Paints and stains:
Dunn-Edwards www.dunnedwards.com

Plastic laminate:
Wilsonart www.wilsonart.com

Resilient flooring:
Armstrong www.armstrong.com

Furnishings
Unit Furnishings:
Asian Neighborhood Design
www.andnet.org

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
–  Evergreen www.evergreenlighting.com
– Columbia www.columbia-ltg.com
– Lithonia www.lithonia.com
– Halo

Downlights:
DMR Lighting

Exterior:
– Lightway
– Stonco www.stoncolighting.com
– Hubbell www.hubbell-ltg.com

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
Thyssen Elevator Group North America www.thyssenkrupp.com

Plumbing
– Sterling www.sterlingplumbing.com
– Elkay www.elkay.com
– Price Pfister www.pricepfister.com
– Mansfield www.mansfieldplumbing.com

 

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