1629 Market St., San Francisco, CA
Category: High-Rise Residential
Square Footage: 600,000 sq ft
Services Provided: HVAC
Completion Date: April, 2023
Owner: Strada Investment Group
Architect: BDE Architecture & Form 4 Architecture
Mechanical Contractor: Bay City Mechanical
1629 Market, located at 1 Brady Street, San Francisco, California comprises of 3 high rise residential buildings with a total of 444 residential units. There are commercial spaces on the ground floor and one level of basement garage. Each of the buildings have their own amenties and ulity spaces. The community also has a fitness/yoga center.
Pragmatic Professional Engineers was responsible for the mechanical design. This project location was designated as an area of poor air quality by the San Francisco Health Department. To protect the residents from respiratory, heart, and other health effects associated with breathing polluted air, an enhanced ven la on system has been designed as per Article 38 of the San Francisco Health Code. The residential units are being served by a combination of the Variable Refrigerant Flow system and one-to-one mini split systems. Outside air is being pulled through in-slab ducts.
Garage Ven la on system has been designed based on “Sweep” Parking Garage Exhaust Systems. Carbon Monoxide (CO) sensors have been used to control the speed of the garage transfer and exhaust fans.