Hayward Design Center Commercial Renovation Project

This renovation project involved the complete “recycling” of an aging 30-year-old, 8,400-sq-ft warehouse in downtown Santa Barbara into a state-of-the-art Window & Door / Kitchen & Bath Showroom. With both the exterior and the interior, the architects transformed the existing site into an environmentally sensitive project. The existing impermeable asphalt parking lot has been removed and recycled and replaced with a water-permeable and heat reflective natural surface.

The existing parking lot storm water runoff, traditionally a pollution source in Santa Barbara, has been redirected into on-site bio swales which naturally filter water runoff before guiding it to the street drainage system. Rainwater from the roof area is being collected through a new system of roof drains, filtered, and stored in a new underground water cistern to be used for landscape irrigation. Parking curbs, concrete site elements, and wheel stops have been made with high fly ash concrete. Exterior site lighting is a low-voltage system set up to be powered by a future solar photovoltaic system. The entire west elevation was covered with a new “Green Screen” panel system and planted with vines thus reducing solar heat gain. All wood materials are Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified Redwood.

Other green materials include recycled glass tile, grape stake fencing, salvage steel counter tops, formaldehyde-free MDF cabinetry, and carpet tiles made from partially recycled content.

All demolition and construction waste was separated and recycled where feasible to reduce landfill impacts. The interior of the existing warehouse has been “preserved” and enhanced though the addition of new operable roof top skylights supplying abundant natural daylighting and improved indoor air quality through passive ventilation of interior areas. LOW and NO VOC paints and stain finishes have been used on both the interior and exterior. Interior floor finishes are of high fly ash polished concrete, renewable bamboo and cork. Desks are made from clear finished Bio-fiber product, a recycled sunflower seed product.

Pictures of the project are available for download in PDF format.