The Reserve at Sierra Pines

The Reserve at Sierra Pines is a three-story office building with a Tilt-Up wall skin. The client wanted a product more suitable for this suburban market with competitive lease rates. Tilt-Up was approved under one provision - the building could not look like a "traditional" Tilt-Up warehouse/distribution center.

Two panel designs disguised the panel joint in a repetitive layout. A 15-foot wide and 1–foot thick 'I' shaped panel was used for a majority of the building.

A vertically formatted window stretches across two panels with the joint hitting the centerline of the head and sill with a punched opening on the lower level centered in the panel with panel 'legs' on either side. The other panel is a four-story tall panel located closer to the entrances. Here the panel joint was widened to create a more interesting shadow line. A mitered corner detail turning the panels to hover over the roof line, gives them a sense of volumetric rather than planar feel.

Layers and depth on the front facade are created entirely of Tilt-Up by adding details such as gaps, fissures, and notches. Sunshades were added by welded connections to embed plates cast directly into the concrete.