The Spring Street Commercial Center project in Posa Robles, Calif., consists of two separate free-standing commercial buildings on a single lot for two different end-users. The main street-facing building was envisioned as a restaurant/whiskey tasting room, while the rear building would house a commercial car wash drive-thru facility.
This commercially zoned vacant site sat within the city’s redevelopment zone, which came with a unique set of entitlement challenges. The city’s development review committee had rejected the initial design proposal, which called for a traditional “Spanish Revival” style of architecture, in favor of a more “Agrarian” approach. The design team revised the entire project vernacular to reflect a more “Modern-Agrarian” building aesthetic, which directly informed the use of contemporary materials, namely corrugated metal, Corten steel (also known as weathering steel), and standing-seam panels in various colors throughout the project. The building featured 1,185 m2 (12,750 sf) of Taylor Metals’ Versa Span 457 mm x 45 mm (18 in. x 1.75 in.) extrusion standing seam wall and roof panels. The shapes were extruded onsite by Wicks Roofing & Metal.
According to the design team, metal was selected for use with the Spring Street Commercial Center for its durability, cost-effectiveness, and quick installation.
Owner: Auzco Development
General Contractor: Columbia Builders, Posa Robles, Calif., columbiabuild.com
Metal Installer(s): Wicks Roofing & Sheet Metal, wicksroofing.com
Architect: garcia architecture + design, San Luis Obispo, Calif., garciaarchdesign.com
Metal panel manufacturers: Taylor Metal, Salem, Ore., taylormetal.com
