THE TECH INTERACTIVE

The project is located in San Jose, California.

The Tech Interactive tenant improvement project involves revitalizing the existing building at 1201 South Market Street in San Jose and expansion into the Park Habitat office building at 180 Park Avenue. The ground level of the existing building will undergo renovations to accommodate a Museum Retail space, designed as a versatile storefront adjoining a new Park Ave Entry. Additionally, it will introduce a new Interactive Entry, Lobby/Ticketing Experience, and Gateway exhibit space.

Adjacent to the existing Tech Interactive building, a new ground up building known as Park Habitat is being developed. The Tech will expand into Park Habitat as a tenant occupying interior space. On the ground level of Park Habitat, The Tech is building out a Multipurpose Event Space equipped with A/V, lighting systems, and movable partitions that is adaptable for traveling exhibits, lectures, and dinners. This level will also house an elevated food experience concept, a kitchen, and back-of-house facilities. On Level 2 of Park Habitat, The Tech will occupy a larger area, including offices, conference rooms, studio spaces, event spaces, labs, classrooms, and back-of-house areas.

The project delivery method is design-bid-build. Meyers+ is the engineer of record for the project.

 ENGINEERING FEATURES

The core and shell HVAC system at Park Habitat is an underfloor air distribution system (UFAD) with conditioned air supplied to the occupied spaces through a 16-inch raised access floor system.  The core and shell design for the Tech Interactive office space will be provided with a mixed-mode ventilation system.  Motorized operable windows in the building envelope will be controlled by the BMS to open when outdoor conditions are suitable to naturally ventilate the space. The perimeter of the office area will have a separate “skin system” using tenant installed underfloor fan terminal units (UFT’s) designed to offset the envelope heating and cooling loads only.  The perimeter fan coils will be turned off when the operable windows are open through a window switch connected to the BMS. 

In response to the Tech's needs, a versatile power layout was planned for the classrooms, meeting rooms, office areas, as well as the lobby and exhibit spaces. This flexibility was achieved with a combination of a modular underfloor electrical distribution system and overhead technical grid with integrated lighting, receptacles and AV equipment.

OWNER The TECH Interactive
ARCHITECT Adamson Associates