Genesis Marina

Genesis Marina, a 560,000-square-foot Class A commercial life science office building complex, is the world’s first Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) pre-certified construction site—a former landfill site. The project diverted 98.4 percent of its waste from landfills and incineration by limiting site waste and using recyclable materials.

Our scope for the three-tower project includes 18 skylights, glass guardrails, a roof screen panel system, podium-level glass windscreen systems, column covers, metal soffits, ground-level louvers, ground-level metal panels, a metal panel trash enclosure, fire-rated doors, a unitized cassette podium, storefront doors, multi-panel folding doors, an extended fly-by curtain wall, and an AGA first—2,434 curtain wall units in a sawtooth design.

We’ve noticed a trend in life science, tech, and Class A commercial office buildings to incorporate as much natural light as possible. To maximize natural light at Genesis Marina, the towers feature floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall and window wall systems. The ground-level lobbies have floor-to-ceiling two-piece cassette system window walls and trapezoidal glazing along the staircases and ramp. Each tower includes two-piece unitized cassette system skylights at the top-level terrace, allowing added light on the upper levels of the buildings.

The sawtooth curtain wall system was designed by Senior Designer Nate Chiu. With the abundance of natural light flooding the floors of Genesis Marina, we had to refine the design to meet the project’s U-factor requirements.

In addition to the custom design, our shop team was tasked with customizing the aluminum extrusions during fabrication, capitalizing on the flexibility of an in-house shop.

We are proud to be part of the LEED Gold and the world’s first TRUE Gold Certified project.