The new headquarters for Pixar Animation Studios, located in Emeryville, California, is a two-story 220,000 square foot exposed steel frame structure with masonry brick veneer facade. It is a state-of-the-art seismic base isolated building, designed for the seismic performance goal to remain operational after the Maximum Considered Earthquake (MCE).The Owner and the Architect envisioned a building which would emulate the circa 1920 construction with state-of-the-art technologies. The building would invoke images of exposed steel riveted construction through highly-developed details and finishes. From the onset, the guiding principles were:To deploy classical framing configurationsTo evolve the design, such that building components could be pre-fabricated in the shop as much as possible and bolted together in the field, thereby minimizing the field weldingTo assimilate the building with the City of Emeryville's loft and warehouse context.
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