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1700 Webster

1700 Webster

Oakland, California
United States
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Near Lake Merritt, in the heart of downtown Oakland, the new 23-story residential tower joins the city skyline.

Perkins+Will invited Introba (formerly Integral Group) to participate in an integrated design approach for the high-rise, to create a new vertical neighborhood in the city with 206 residential units over ground-level retail.

Introba participated in an integrated design approach, allowing us to maximize the use of passive design features via the building’s overall shape, size, and orientation. Effective architectural massing and the building’s energy-efficient façade significantly reduce energy usage. Utilizing an integrated design approach, Introba worked with the architect to help inform building massing and façade design. This collaborative process maximized the use of passive design, creating a high-performance, healthy, and sustainable environment. The project is targeting LEED Gold.

The lighting of this building is designed to be an exciting addition to Oakland’s downtown while also becoming a part of the existing city fabric. The team primarily developed lighting design strategies to minimize uplight and glare for residents and neighbors. The impact was achieved through garage lighting that backlights the unusual colorful façade.

Introba also provided mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design and technology design services. The collaborative design process with the architects allowed us to maximize the use of passive design features in the building’s overall shape, size, and orientation. This effective architectural massing and the building’s energy-efficient façade will significantly reduce energy use and allow it to achieve LEED Gold certification.

The building uses its water tanks, which are required for fire prevention, as thermal energy storage (TES). TES allows the building to run the cooling equipment during off-peak hours when the energy produced by the utility companies is cleaner and less expensive. At night, the high-efficiency air source heat pumps (ASHP) cool the temperature of the water in the tank, where it is then drawn upon during the daytime to cool the building. Introba also designed the building’s ASHP system to provide simultaneous heating and cooling throughout the building and intelligently transfer heat between adjacent spaces within the building instead of just exhausting it.

Sustainability

  • LEED Gold Target

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