During the Architectural design process we searched for a building type that will represent Silicon Valley as the best innovation center in the world. In order to achieve our goals, it was important for us to understand the history of Silicon Valley, tribes that reside in the area, San Jose History, culture and demographics. Once we understood the history, we realized that the build-ing had to represent the present, past and future of Silicon Valley in order to honor people that have contributed to make Silicon Valley successful.

We believe a Cultural Center is the best solution to harbor the history of Sili-con Valley by nurturing culture, innovation and art of current and future gen-erations. Our design intent is to show how Silicon Valley has evolved since its inception thru the years by putting history events in cooking basket to preserve them as native tribes all around the world used to do with food. By doing this art will become food for the soul and Silicon Valley will be known as the best innovation and art center in the world.

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The Silicon Valley concept is native tribe cooking basket made of sedge root, the San Jose Light Tower will be inside the basket to represent a major history event in the San Jose area. The cooking basket will evolve to become the Sili-con Cultural Center; the building will connect the east side with the west side of the site with an exhibition bridge wing. The pattern and shapes represents the pattern use in these baskets. The San Jose Tower will become a sculptural piece hanging from the Silicon Cultural Center bridge to connect Confl uence Point in a spiritual manner, the sculpture will be fl oating above the weavers gift and represents the past, the present is represented with the building and the future the sky.

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ENVIRONMENTAL APROACH

• Green Roof which not only is high albedo but also the shape of the building helps visually connect back to the nature.• Low fl ow fi xtures• High recycle content materials• Material selection with consideration to carbon reduction / carbon neutral potential • Effective refrigerant managementHealthy and Resilient materials• Low global warming potential materials• Low mold risk material and construction technique• Low VOC, no formaldehyde and no spray polyurethane foam• Consistent fi ltered fresh air• EPD certifi cation on materialsNet Zero Energy Path• Fully electric• Low energy consuming equipment and appliances. Energy star rated if applicable• Led lighting• Robust thermal insulation for envelope.• Robust insulation for duct work and hot water pipes.• Triple glaze curtain walls for higher ther-mal and sound insulation• Efficient heating cooling and ventilation.• Automated natural ventilation• Smart plugs• Design elements to Maximized solar harvesting area on site with use of anti refl ective coating solar cell on the south facing façade and bridge roof top.• Off site renewable sources/credits• Explore geothermal potential on site.

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