Berkeley Bowl West
Photo © Ethan Kaplan
Photo © Ethan Kaplan
Photo © Ethan Kaplan
Architects & Firms
Berkeley, California
Completion Date:
June 1, 2009
Owner:
Yasuda Family, Berkeley Bowl Produce, Inc.
Program: A two-story, 144,217-square-foot retail grocery store, with a café, a community room, offices, staff facilities, underground parking, a warehouse, and a full commercial kitchen serving this store and Berkeley Bowl's Oregon Street location.
Design concept and solution: For their second location, the owners of this popular local supermarket picked the site of a former asphalt plant and abandoned lot. To reconcile the idea of a family grocery with West Berkeley's warehouses and industrial infrastructure, the architects sought to design a store that would feel inviting without losing its connection to its surroundings. At one corner of the lot, the logic of the old street grid is preserved: the line of sight from 9th Street (which dead-ends into the store) continues through the site to the next cross street, and the path of the former street becomes a breezeway connecting the store to a small offshoot housing a café and community room. Outdoor tables extend the café into the breezeway, creating a natural meeting place where customers can linger. With the site's industrial history in mind, the architects clad the building in corrugated steel and glass, punctuated by large expanses of steel-framed windows inset with wood to add warmth.
Architect:
Kava Massih Architects
2830 9th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Ph: 510.644.1920
Fax: 510.644.1967
PeopleOwner Architect Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Interior designer: Architect Engineer(s) Electrical: Bowen Electric (design/build) Plumbing: Castro Valley plumbing (design/build) Refrigeration: Hussman and CRS (design/build) Consultant(s) Store Equipment: Supermarket Source – John Viera Solar System: Sunlight and Power General contractor: Oliver & Company Photographer(s) Renderer(s) CAD system, project management, or other software used: |
ProductsExterior cladding Concrete: poured—in-place Wood: western red cedar (clear heart) Windows Doors Hardware Hinges: Ingersoll Rand Closers: Ingersoll Rand Exit devices: Ingersoll Rand Interior finishes Suspension grid: Armstrong Paints and stains: ICI Plastic laminate: Wilsonart Furnishings Reception furniture: by owner Fixed seating: by owner Chairs: by owner Tables: by owner |
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