Hotel Patina
BELEN DISALVO & CHARLOTTE HENN
EXISTING PROPERTY DESCRIPTION -Address: 389 South 1st Street San Jose, CA 95113 -6 stories- zoned for retail/ commercial -(basement+ ground oor+ 4 upper stories) -12,288 SF (32’ x 64’ footprint) (64’-8” high) Located at 389 South 1st Street in San Jose California, Hotel Patina brings nature to the city by oering a unique outdoor experience inside and out. Approaching the front, the patinad leaf facade of a complex perforated wall envelops the building, and an alternate view in the back of the ground oor oers a similar experience with a natural vine overlay on glass. As the viewer walks inside, the experience of being surrounded by trees is created as large trunks cover the walls, and bark and branches adorn the interior. In addition to this forest like interior, the experience of the dappled light through leaves is created through the front curtain wall using inuences from the De Young.
LEAVES COVER THE EXTERIOR
BARK, TRUNKS, AND BRANCHES ARE WITHIN
FILTERED VIEWS THROUGH LEAVES LOOKING OUT