Tech Park Innovation Hub: A Campus Built for Collaboration
Flexible labs, offices and maker spaces for San Jose's next generation of technology companies.
- Client: Tech Innovators Ltd. (2020)
- Project Value: $110 Million
- Time to Completion: 21 months
- Location: San Jose, 2020
- Project Type: Commercial
- Project Size: 3 buildings, 450,000 square feet
Project Overview
The Tech Park Innovation Hub is a three-building campus in San Jose designed for start-ups and established technology companies working side by side. The buildings combine open-plan offices, wet and dry laboratories, prototyping workshops and event space, all connected by shaded walkways and a central green. Floors were designed with high ceilings, raised access floors and generous power capacity, so tenants can reconfigure their spaces as they grow. Solar canopies over the car park, all-electric heating and cooling, and drought-tolerant landscaping make the campus as efficient as the companies it houses.
Challenges
The Innovation Hub required laboratory-grade services, vibration control and clean power in buildings that also had to feel open and welcoming. Tenants were confirmed while design was still under way, each with different technical needs, and the client wanted the first building ready for occupation within fifteen months. All three buildings shared one site, so construction had to continue around the first tenants once they moved in.
Solutions
Structo delivered the Tech Park Innovation Hub by designing flexibility into the structure and services from the outset. Close coordination with tenants and a carefully phased programme allowed each building to open as soon as it was ready, while work on the rest of the campus continued safely alongside.
Results
The first building of the Tech Park Innovation Hub opened on target, and the full campus was complete in twenty-one months with every floor let. Tenants have reconfigured their spaces more than a dozen times without major works, proving the value of the flexible design. The campus produces a large share of its own electricity and has become a showcase for sustainable workplace design in Silicon Valley.
