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Jazz Pharmaceuticals

April 5, 2019

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals — Palo Alto, CA

Solid Western Hemlock with Clear Finish
SKU(s):2114-3


Whereas standard origami might use a single sheet of material, 9Wood’s custom ceiling design for Jazz Pharmaceuticals used two panel designs made of solid Western Hemlock. The design is a completely custom solution.

Architect Jacob Gelfand of STUDIOS Architecture asked 9Wood to come up with a “folded triangular acoustical wood ceiling.” Gelfand also wanted the ceiling to be economical.

9Wood developed a roughly 70-foot by 35-foot linear wood ceiling using solid Hemlock based on only two triangular panel designs. The simplicity of using just two panel designs helped keep the ceiling affordable.

The ceiling is comprised of 196 triangular panels that combine to create 48 “pyramids.” Each “pyramid” is about 7 feet by 7 feet square. Once assembled, the pyramids were attached to metal carrying channel housing linear light fixtures, diffusers, sprinkler heads and more.

Due to the unusual shape of the ceiling it had to be designed using 3-D software before estimating the project. “Our estimator couldn’t even quote the job until we had a design,” says 9Wood Project Manager Joshua Crouch.

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9Wood 2100 Panelized Linear in Solid Western Hemlock with Clear Finish at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California. STUDIOS Architecture. Air diffusers, linear lighting and downlight fixtures are featured throughout the ceiling. In some places, the light fixtures are 12 feet in length, but the channel is only 10 feet long. “We had to hook channels together,” says Rudy Vargas, senior project manager at Ad-In Inc.
9Wood 2100 Panelized Linear in Solid Western Hemlock with Clear Finish at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California. STUDIOS Architecture. A linear wood ceiling of 70 feet by 35 feet fills the main break room at Jazz Pharmaceuticals. The ceiling’s 196 individual triangular panels form 48 "pyramids."
9Wood 2100 Panelized Linear in Solid Western Hemlock with Clear Finish at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California. STUDIOS Architecture. 9Wood used solid, 5/8-inch by 31⁄4-inch, vertical grain Western Hemlock to create the ceiling panels. The panels attach to custom black reveal blocking using metal angle brackets (not visible) and 31⁄4-inch bolts (not visible).
9Wood 2100 Panelized Linear in Solid Western Hemlock with Clear Finish at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California. STUDIOS Architecture.
9Wood 2100 Panelized Linear in Solid Western Hemlock with Clear Finish at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California. STUDIOS Architecture. STUDIOS Architecture, San Francisco, Calif., wanted a “folded triangular acoustical wood ceiling.” In response, 9Wood created a linear wood ceiling system of “pyramids and inverse pyramids.”
9Wood 2100 Panelized Linear in Solid Western Hemlock with Clear Finish at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California. STUDIOS Architecture.
9Wood 2100 Panelized Linear in Solid Western Hemlock with Clear Finish at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California. STUDIOS Architecture.

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Project Details

BUILDING TYPE
Office
ARCHITECT

STUDIOS Architecture, San Francisco, California

CONTRACTOR

Ad-In, Fremont, California

SCOPE
6,429
COMPLETION DATE
October 2017
AWARDS
2018 CISCA Award of Excellence (West Region/Office)
9WOOD PROJECT
13927

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