PORTFOLIO
ARCHITECTURE
PLANNING
INTERIOR DESIGN
DUBAI COMPETITION, THYSSEN KRUPP ELEVATOR DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Polytech Associates participated in the Thyssen Krupp Elevator Dubai Competition to create an emblematic structure that is meant to be a landmark for the modern city of Dubai. The tower is a metaphor for natural growth, and uses the naturally-occurring Fibonacci sequence as a basis for the structure. The tower is powered through a combination of bioclimactic design, sunlight, and wind. Polytech led the design process, and collaborated with global engineering firm Arup and landscape architecture firm SWA Group. The design integrated architectural, structural, and energy concepts to achieve a net-zero energy consuming tower.
220 Sansome Street | San Francisco, CA
220 Sansome | San Francisco CA
HUMANI ETHIOPIA
Humani is a nonprofit organization that is developing a self-sustaining community in Ethiopia. Young mothers suffering from HIV/AIDS and their children will be given medical assistance, professional training, and employment opportunities in a safe environment. A school is being incorporated into the master plan, giving the young mothers access to an education that will allow them to develop marketable skills. The organization is currently negotiating with the Ethiopian government for the 300 acres of land that will be necessary to build the compound. The plan includes small groups of buildings that will house the numerous functions within a fenced master compound. On-site utilities will be designed for conservation, with the goal of developing a net-zero community.
Conceptual Renderings: Farmer’s Market
TUBEXA, SA HEADQUARTERS SANTIAGO, CHILE
Tubexa SA selected Polytech Associates to develop a series of design studies for the company’s new headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The steel tubing manufacturer provides supplies to many of the mining-related industries throughout Chile. Set against the dramatic Andes Mountains, the proposed new headquarters building will be a physical expression of Tubexa’s product.
d
CHILE TOWER STUDIES PROJECT CALAMA, CHILE
Polytech Associates is developing schematic design concepts for a solar collector of green energy that will provide power for a copper mining region near Calama, Chile. The collector will create clean energy, and provide high-speed transportation, helping to bring tourism to the area.
225 SANSOME SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Polytech Associates developed several schematic design concepts for an client who owned an office building and wanted to lease space to a high tech firm.
220 Sansome Street | San Francisco, CA
220 Sansome | San Francisco, CA b
220 Sansome | San Francisco, CA
FOR MORE INFORMATION Polytech Associates Inc. 235 Pine Street, 17th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104
Mehrnoush Arsanjani, AIA Managing Principal marsanjani@polytechae.com
Richard J. Graziano, Associate AIA Principal rgraziano@polytechae.com
Lloyd A. Bush, CID, LEED AP Principal/Director of Interior Design lbush@polytechae.com
T 415 397 3117 F 415 397 1517 www.polytechae.com
Carl A. Scholz Principal/Architect cscholz@polytechae.com
Robert J. Schafgans Principal/Director of Information Technology bschafgans@polytechae.com
Marielle Neri Director of Business Development mneri@polytechae.com
Photography: pmstructure photography
Renderings: Polytech Associates