Google Headquarters, Sunnyvale, CA

SEFAR® Architecture TENARA® Outfits Google

SEFAR® Architecture TENARA® Fabric was chosen for its unique ability to diffuse light without blocking it completely, resulting an evenly illuminated and comfortable space underneath the trellis. Aesthetically, the trellis creates a shade pattern, like the sun passing through leaves on a tree.
The project required nine distinct triangle shapes to fit within the steel geometry. Each triangle had to be within 1.5 inches of the connector hubs when fully ten- sioned. The installer developed a series of fourteen distinct laser-cut and formed hubs out of stainless steel plate, which sim- ply bolted onto threaded studs that were retrofitted onto the existing steel.
TENARA® Fabric’s protective layer, lami- nated to both of its sides, was extremely important for this project. The edge was cut away by one-inch to bind the triangle, and the layers were only removed after it was installed. As a result, no one ever touched the surface of the fabric.
The expansion is the result of Google’s deal to lease four office buildings in Sunnyvale, California at Moffett Park’s Technology Cor- ners. The buildings is able to accommodate as many as 2,900 employees.

Architekt: Valerio Dewalt Train Associates (US)

Engineering: Thornton Tomasetti (US)

Konfektionär/ Monate: Duvall Design, Inc. (US)