Gilead Campus Master Plan
Client
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Location
Foster City, California
The research acumen of this young biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes therapies for viral and infectious diseases as well as cancer has resulted in rapid expansion over the past two decades. With annual revenues now exceeding $4 billion and operations spanning three continents (North America, Europe and Australia) and a staff of more than 2,900 employees, the headquarters in Foster City is on the cusp of transforming into one of the world’s leading facilities. The Gilead real estate and facility group well understood the implications of potentially uncontrolled growth and tasked the team to demonstrate the implications of adding density while enriching the overall sense of place. Studies compared low, mid and high-rise growth options with surface, structured and/or remote parking concepts for their functionality, implementation and campus-making capability.
Credits: Partner John Thiele completed the original project as Project Director while at Gensler and Associates.