Gilbert, AZ
Completed 2007 with Omniplan
Completed 2007 with Omniplan
SanTan Village is a mixed use masterplan that includes retail, office, entertainment and future multi-family residential. The project is located on a former agricultural field in Gilbert, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix with little historical or architectural context.
Consisting of 18 distinct buildings, the project strives to create a core for the new community. Balancing variety while maintaining a consistent and recognizable language was a major goal. A kit of parts strategy was adopted to allow the necessary flexibility inherent with the project type, and to also allow the flexibility to compose the individual buildings. Shading devices and the resultant play of light, shade, and shadow are a major element of the kit of parts.
Consisting of 18 distinct buildings, the project strives to create a core for the new community. Balancing variety while maintaining a consistent and recognizable language was a major goal. A kit of parts strategy was adopted to allow the necessary flexibility inherent with the project type, and to also allow the flexibility to compose the individual buildings. Shading devices and the resultant play of light, shade, and shadow are a major element of the kit of parts.
In contrast to the earthen hues typically associated with the Southwest, we turned to a darker palette of cool tones evoking the colors of shade. Higher levels of detailing (and budget) were spent closer to the user, six types of canopies were designed and constructed - each relating to a facade type. Storefronts, on a 30’ grid that typically defines the office massing above, separating it into individual vertical volumes, have been modified into a series of horizontal modules based on the their respective materials.