Northwest Innovation Center
45 Eureka Avenue
Pasadena California

client:
JL Moseley Company

Requirement:
Transform a 40 year old
29,000 sq. ft.
industrial tilt-up
into a beautiful
LEED Certified office and
classroom facility.

Special Considerations
• Sustainable Design
• Natural Day-lighting
• Adaptive Re-Use

Achievements:
• LEED Certification
• 100% Leased

Scope

In 2006, as part of Pasadena’s Green City Action plan, Anne Garbarine and Associates teamed with project partners to transform 45 Eureka into a brighter and warmer environment. Using LEED Certified finish materials, we created a unique design that is not only beautiful, but environmentally sustainable. The project team worked to create a sustainable design selecting building materials that were recycled, recyclable or and/or rapidly renewable. Responsible use of materials began by re-using the building shell; adding new lumber from certified forests for floors and doors, recycled content aluminum shades, screens and framing for glass walls, wheat-straw cabinets, sunflower board cabinets, recycled bottle toilet partitions, carpet, ceiling tiles and insulation.

The flat-cinder-block entrance wall was transformed into a lobby by carving out a chunk and creating a path of mixed materials. Horizontal elements overhead and a glass façade were placed to welcome visitors to a space designed to embrace a healthy work-space for the occupants. The team focused considerable attention on daylighting to save energy costs. The existing building was dark and cavernous, so AG&A designed two large open-air atriums with courtyards to create a flow of natural light throughout the tenant and common areas of the facility. As a result, at least 75% of the interior now enjoys daylighting. Serene indoor garden spaces used for small meetings and break areas, exterior views and supplemental illumination, provide a pleasant work environment to address the human factors in generating the highly productive work place that resulted.

“We are deeply grateful for the many creative and carefully researched decisions you brought to transforming an unremarkable factory into a beautiful, state-of-the-art office and classroom facility. Thank you for embracing LEED with such enthusiasm creativity and enthusiasm, for tirelessly exploring design options and balancing dynamic artistic choices with budget constraints and other practical considerations and for your strong attention to style, quality and detail and for your work as a collaborative team member. We can’t imagine developing a project without you. Many thanks!”

– – Jaylene Moseley, President, J.L Moseley Company, Inc.
       November 11, 2006