Building permits have been filed for the expansion of NVIDIA’s headquarters at 2400 Condensa Street in Santa Clara. The application comes as new renderings have been published for what would become the third building, to be named NVIDIA Starbase, designed by Gensler for the world’s highest-valued company. Devcon Construction is listed as the project applicant.
NVIDIA Starbase, rendering by Gensler
NVIDIA Starbase elevations, illustration by Gensler
NVIDIA’s application looks to construct the third and final phase for the company’s San Tomas Creek business park. The original master plan for 1.95 million square feet of office space was approved in 2008, with amendments granted in 2013, and architectural review modifications granted in 2018. Construction on the first and second phases lasted from 2018 to 2022, with the two structures yielding a combined area of over 1.25 million square feet.
The latest plan for Phase Three shows that the tech giant is pursuing an overall reduction in office space for the campus. The 113-foot-tall three-story building is expected to produce around 324,000 square feet of commercial space, translating to roughly 1.57 million square feet of office space across the site.
NVIDIA Starbase seen from Northwestern Parkway, rendering by Gensler
NVIDIA Starbase expressway view, rendering by Gensler
Much of the structure will be used to contain a 2,939-car garage, rising from the basement to the second floor. Phase three will increase the overall vehicular capacity of the tech giant’s campus to 5,711 cars. To improve the connection between the existing campus and Phase Three, a pedestrian bridge will span the San Tomas Aquino Creek.
Gensler is responsible for the design. Renderings show that the project will continue the firm’s previous aesthetic for NVIDIA, featuring a glass-wrapped building capped by a distinctive white canopy with metal bracing. The geometric roof resembles a folded sheet of paper, punctuated with skylights and trellises. Floor plans show that the top floor will be an event space featuring a work cafe and retail space, with lab space occupying much of the first and second floors.
Hood Design Studio is overseeing the landscape architecture, and Kier + Wright will be the civil engineer. Devcon Construction is listed as the design and build contractor.
NVIDIA Starbase site map, illustration by Hood Design Studio
2400 Condensa Street, image via Google Satellite
The roughly ten-acre property is located along Condensa Street, overlooking Central Expressway and the San Tomas Aquino Creek. Demolition will be required for a two-story building and a surface parking lot.
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These kind of developments are doing nothing to increase density and encourage transit use. Major companies like Apple, Alphabet, NVIDIA, etc. continue to build low-slung sprawly office parks nowhere near rail stops.
It doesn’t matter how much high-density housing we build near Caltrain, VTA, BART, etc. if the places we need to go (i.e. work, shopping, etc.) aren’t also building the same way.
Agree. I feel this is sort of a chicken/egg for the corpos. South Bay lacks viable transit, so when building corporate offices you have to build car capacity, or your workers can’t get to work. Conversely, the cities see everyone driving to work and think they don’t need to prioritize transit.
Local government needs to recognize second order effects and realize that if they build adequate transit the nvidias of South Bay will design their offices to rely on it.
@Daniel T. PREACH!