{"id":202379,"date":"2022-11-08T09:14:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?p=202379"},"modified":"2022-11-08T11:24:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T16:24:31","slug":"adaptive-reuse-revives-abandoned-sf-site-into-international-furniture-outlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/adaptive-reuse-revives-abandoned-sf-site-into-international-furniture-outlet\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptive reuse revives abandoned SF site into international furniture outlet"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_202380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202380\" style=\"width: 323px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-202380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> A look of the exterior of the Blu Dot\u2019s new showroom built through adaptive reuse led by The Office of Charles F. Bloszies (CFB), FAIA, in collaboration with Blu Dot\u2019s design director Maurice Blanks and his visual merchandising team. <\/span> <em><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Photo by Mariko Reed courtesy Blu Dot and The Office of Charles F. Bloszies, FAIA <\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An adaptive reuse project has creatively transformed two vacant buildings at San Francisco\u2019s 99 Missouri St. into the new showroom of the international furniture retailer, Blu Dot.<\/p>\n<p>The site, located at the corner of\u00a0Missouri\u00a0and 17th\u00a0Streets in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, had once served as the outlet for a graphics supply company and a separate auto body shop before both closed down. The architecture and engineering team at the firm specializing in urban infill design, The\u00a0Office\u00a0of Charles F. Bloszies, FAIA (CFB), envisioned the transformation in collaboration with Blu Dot\u00a0design director\u00a0Maurice Blanks and his visual merchandising team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202381\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-202381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_2-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_2-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_2-500x324.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_2-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> A picture showing the stages of redevelopment the site underwent to come to its present shape. <\/span> <em><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Photo by Mariko Reed courtesy Blu Dot and The Office of Charles F. Bloszies, FAIA <\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reimagined site combined the two defunct outlets and transformed the original concrete structures into a\u00a0new envelope\u00a0for Blu Dot. In doing so, wooden, and concrete parapets built as part of a partially finished false fa\u00e7ade at the corner of the building, were removed, along with portions of concrete to expand the size of the windows to allow in more sunlight and maintain an organized exterior rhythm. CFB designed a board-formed concrete parapet\u00a0extension to\u00a0provide a uniform horizontal cap, creating a simplified modern\u00a0profile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also\u00a0designed steel window frames popping out of the fa\u00e7ade\u00a0like oversized Tiffany windows,\u00a0fashioned to echo the scale of industrial\u00a0window openings found on nearby buildings,\u201d\u00a0says firm principal, Charles Bloszies. The interior design,\u00a0reminiscent of an art gallery,\u00a0serves as an armature\u00a0in which to display Blu Dot\u2019s product line. Floors are terraced to\u00a0be flush\u00a0with exterior grades at different levels, finished with unvariegated wood\u00a0flooring\u00a0or polished concrete. Interior fixtures are integrated with\u00a0structural elements resulting\u00a0in a simple, crisp interior setting, with walls painted\u00a0white to function as background for\u00a0the pieces on display. Plinths built\u00a0on the interior side of the pop-out windows allow\u00a0product displays at eye level\u00a0for street side passersby.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202382\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-202382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_3-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> A picture showing the interior of Blu Dot\u2019s new retail showroom in San Francisco, California. <\/span> <em><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Photo by Mariko Reed courtesy Blu Dot and The Office of Charles F. Bloszies FAIA <\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0goal of this transformation is to\u00a0provide Blu Dot with an\u00a0architectural expression consistent with its furniture design ethos, while at\u00a0the same\u00a0time ensuring that it suits the long-established industrial character\u00a0of this part of the\u00a0Potrero Hill district. In this way, Blu Dot ingratiates\u00a0itself with its neighbors while\u00a0creating a memorable, unmistakable home for the\u00a0Blu Dot brand,\u201d adds Bloszies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An adaptive reuse project has creatively transformed two vacant buildings at San Francisco\u2019s 99 Missouri St. into the new showroom of the international furniture retailer, Blu Dot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29853,"featured_media":202383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1029],"tags":[7655,175,1479,7652,4938,1371,7656,1301,7657,7653,4459,7654],"class_list":["post-202379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-abandoned","tag-adaptive-reuse","tag-architecture","tag-blu-dot","tag-buildings","tag-california","tag-charles-f-bloszies","tag-design","tag-faia","tag-furniture-retailer","tag-san-francisco","tag-vacant","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Adaptive reuse revives abandoned SF site into international furniture outlet - The Construction Specifier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An adaptive reuse project has creatively transformed a vacant lot in San Francisco into the showroom of furniture retailer Blu Dot.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/adaptive-reuse-revives-abandoned-sf-site-into-international-furniture-outlet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adaptive reuse revives abandoned SF site into international furniture outlet - The Construction Specifier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An adaptive reuse project has creatively transformed a vacant lot in San Francisco into the showroom of furniture retailer Blu Dot.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/adaptive-reuse-revives-abandoned-sf-site-into-international-furniture-outlet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Construction Specifier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-08T14:14:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-08T16:24:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AA_BluDotSF_1_F.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"arslan_ahmed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"arslan_ahmed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/adaptive-reuse-revives-abandoned-sf-site-into-international-furniture-outlet\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/adaptive-reuse-revives-abandoned-sf-site-into-international-furniture-outlet\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"arslan_ahmed\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e325f337715d3e25ed442febefc5e502\"},\"headline\":\"Adaptive reuse revives abandoned SF site into international furniture outlet\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-08T14:14:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-08T16:24:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/adaptive-reuse-revives-abandoned-sf-site-into-international-furniture-outlet\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":524,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/adaptive-reuse-revives-abandoned-sf-site-into-international-furniture-outlet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/AA_BluDotSF_1_F.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"abandoned\",\"adaptive reuse\",\"Architecture\",\"Blu Dot\",\"buildings\",\"California\",\"Charles F. 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