Denby

In the early 2000s this space was used to store inventory by Aero Engines. Stacks two feet high of parts blanketed the floor. The staffers were in agreement that the building was haunted, so sifting through inventory was avoided resulting in reorders of existing stock. No one was brave enough to process it. Frogtown was still not the type of place you walked alone at night, but the bike path and announcement of the billion dollar revitalization budget created a strong enough notion within RAC Principal Rick Cortez that he made the purchase. Managing partner Kevin Mulachy did some initial mock ups in photo shop that imagined the building.

Frogtown was still not the type of place you walked alone at night, but the bike path and announcement of the billion dollar revitalization budget created a strong enough notion within RAC Principal Rick Cortez that he made the purchase.

It was a struggling structure, but you could tell there was something there. It had a story to tell…

Services:
1- Pre-Development Planning 
2- Architectural Design 
3- Door & Window Fabrication

Size:
12,080SF

Goal:
Capturing the legacy of the building that slot symbolizes. When we realized the large door on the front was Redwood we decided to pressure wash and expose it. There was a little metal filling station building that was there that was lifted by permit. It was a struggling structure, but you could tell there was something there. It had a story to tell, so we did the best we could. There is a mail slot that is at about four feet before everything was lifted up. It was left untouched to point towards the past.

Concept:
Because the building sits below the bike path it gives the public side a little more value in looking down than the private side, Rick decided to go with a more traditional layout. It was designed to live in so the layout contains a bathroom, bedroom, office, kitchen and indoor/outdoor parking that unctions as a half garage. That rolling door is somewhat like seasons. The change influences the view and space from both inside and out.

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