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Railroad Square
Railroad Square
San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
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Railroad Square
San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
Type
YEAR
2013
Anchoring the historic Railroad District of San Luis Obispo, California, the Railroad Square rehabilitation project employed both a nostalgic and contemporary approach to railroad vernacular architecture, leveraging a new design vocabulary that pays homage to the existing c.1912 historic masonry structure while providing a new and reinterpreted identity to this emerging redevelopment area.
While the primary effort was to restore the c.1912 Railroad Square building to original “period-correct” condition, the re-imagined annex portions utilized shapes, colors and materials indigenous to the historical rail yards surrounding the property. In addition to traditional railroad architectural elements such as patina metal siding and saw-tooth rooflines, specific design inspiration for the overall project was derived from the Southern Pacific Daylight Steam Locomotives of the 1940’s and 1950’s. This local inspiration provides a simultaneous “neo-retro” architectural vernacular, allowing the Railroad Square building to reemerge as the focal business and social hub of the San Luis Obispo Railroad District.
While the primary effort was to restore the c.1912 Railroad Square building to original “period-correct” condition, the re-imagined annex portions utilized shapes, colors and materials indigenous to the historical rail yards surrounding the property. In addition to traditional railroad architectural elements such as patina metal siding and saw-tooth rooflines, specific design inspiration for the overall project was derived from the Southern Pacific Daylight Steam Locomotives of the 1940’s and 1950’s. This local inspiration provides a simultaneous “neo-retro” architectural vernacular, allowing the Railroad Square building to reemerge as the focal business and social hub of the San Luis Obispo Railroad District.
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