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PROJECT NAME MÉTIER Racing & Coffee LOT SIZE: 6000 SF BUILIDING SIZE: 11000 SF Area of Work: 11000 SF LOCATION: seattle, washington PROJECT TYPE: commercial / renovation COMPLETED: Fall 2015
RACING & COFFEE
Located in Capitol Hill, Métier Racing & Coffee is an adaptive reuse of an 11,000 SF 1900’s Auto Row warehouse building, which was originally constructed as an auto parts retail store and was most recently used as a second hand thrift shop. We were tasked with minimizing our intervention to the building structure and avoiding triggering a substantial alteration while introducing and blurring together multiple program areas: a retail store, a café & bar, exercise & training facilities and a bike repair shop. The strategic decision to remove a portion of the main floor plate to facilitate access to the lower level via a new central stair also succeeded in extending daylighting to the basement and establishing a visual connection between all three levels. The intervention of the stair revitalized the character of the building while remaining honest to the existing building form. We stripped the building down to its natural materials, colors, and textures from top to bottom, revealing some of the history of the building as well as its construction means and methods. These discoveries served to reinforce our early design decisions and informed our finish material choices for the new facility.
RACING & COFFEE
North Elevation
RACING & COFFEE
Main Entry
RACING & COFFEE
Café entry
RACING & COFFEE
Café Bar and Seating
RACING & COFFEE
Bar seating
RACING & COFFEE
Main circulation
RACING & COFFEE
Redcord gym
RACING & COFFEE
Kettle bell area
RACING & COFFEE
Main stair
RACING & COFFEE
Mezzanine / Bike Fit
RACING & COFFEE
Mezzanine / Bike Fit
RACING & COFFEE
Main Stair from above
RACING & COFFEE
Detail discovery
Main entry
RACING & COFFEE
RACING & COFFEE
Located in Capitol Hill, Métier Racing & Coffee is an adaptive reuse of an 11,000 SF 1900’s Auto Row warehouse building, which was originally constructed as an auto parts retail store and was most recently used as a second hand thrift shop. We were tasked with minimizing our intervention to the building structure and avoiding triggering a substantial alteration while introducing and blurring together multiple program areas: a retail store, a café & bar, exercise & training facilities and a bike repair shop. The strategic decision to remove a portion of the main floor plate to facilitate access to the lower level via a new central stair also succeeded in extending daylighting to the basement and establishing a visual connection between all three levels. The intervention of the stair revitalized the character of the building while remaining honest to the existing building form. We stripped the building down to its natural materials, colors, and textures from top to bottom, revealing some of the history of the building as well as its construction means and methods. These discoveries served to reinforce our early design decisions and informed our finish material choices for the new facility.
RACING & COFFEE
North Elevation
RACING & COFFEE
Main Entry
RACING & COFFEE
Café entry
RACING & COFFEE
Café Bar and Seating
RACING & COFFEE
Bar seating
RACING & COFFEE
Main circulation
RACING & COFFEE
Redcord gym
RACING & COFFEE
Kettle bell area
RACING & COFFEE
Main stair
RACING & COFFEE
Mezzanine / Bike Fit
RACING & COFFEE
Mezzanine / Bike Fit
RACING & COFFEE
Main Stair from above
RACING & COFFEE
Detail discovery
Main entry
RACING & COFFEE
