ODC San Francisco was the first modern dance company in America to build its own resident facility, from which it operates the ODC School, Theater, and Gallery. Timmons Design Engineers (TDE) was commissioned to provide Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing services and to develop a green and sustainable design to correspond with the ideals of the ODC.

The goal was to take the existing 1920’s laundry/car repair facility and convert it into a state-of-the-art dance and administration center that would represent the corner stone on which to build a world-class modern dance company campus in San Francisco. TDE developed a series of conceptual sketches incorporating sustainable elements including, harvesting daylight, natural ventilation, passive radiant heating and cooling elements, photovoltaics, solar collectors, and thermal mass.

Architect: Architecture & Light