But 88rising doesn’t limit itself to one ethnic group, and many of its artists are treated like collaborative partners rather than clients. Since then, it has been elevating the voice of Asian and Asian-American artists in a way not seen outside of South Korea’s K-pop industry. He founded the music and media company in 2015. What’s as impressive as the success Sean Miyashiro has had with 88rising is how quickly he reached it. We seek thrills, we fall in love, we dance to the same music,” Miyashiro said over the phone while driving from one job to the next in Los Angeles two weeks following the release of the film. “ told me, ‘Dude, I want people to understand that Asian young people, young kids, do everything that everybody else does. In the end, he didn’t even have to pitch for the job. While that wasn’t the night that Cretten or Marvel knew that 88rising would lead the film’s soundtrack album and Miyashiro would executive-produce and curate it, Miyashiro knew the job would be his. That night in February 2019, Chinese hip-hop group Higher Brothers was headlining, but it could have any number of acts that showed how a largely Asian-American audience was reacting to Asian-American performers. The 40-year-old CEO and president of the wildly successful Asian art and music company-a San Jose native-said it started when director Destin Daniel Cretton attended one of 88rising’s shows in Los Angeles. Sean Miyashiro looks at 88rising’s partnership with the makers of Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” as a case of “worlds colliding.” If Park Habitat does get pushed through, it’s unclear when construction would start or when it would be complete.88rising founder and CEO Sean Miyashiro, courtesy. Hoodline reported on The Energy Hub in March which also has dedicated areas for natural elements.Ĭity staffers are standing behind the project and are pushing San Jose’s planning director to give the project final approval on November 3rd. Park Habitat is one of several projects that will shape a new San Jose skyline but it is not the first to features loads of natural features built into the structure. “What if we could work in a park? Our opportunity lies in reversal, from office park to ‘park office,’ putting nature into the building instead of the other way around,” the design firm wrote on Westbank’s website. The developers hired Japanese design firm Kengo Kuma & Associates to come up with the concept. Park Habitat’s design takes inspiration from nature as well as the surrounding historic context,” city documents obtained by Mercury News state. The building’s facade is softened using greenery and elevated landscaped terraces at differing levels on all building elevations.
“The building design features a full-height courtyard which brings daylight and natural ventilation into the interior of the building. They say people will feel like they are working right next to nature, even several stories up, thanks to an open area that spans inside the tower from top to bottom. Developers Westbank and Urban Community are teaming up on the project. The biggest reason is that it has small park-like settings integrated into the different floors of the structure, not just the outside. Several features make this building stand out among the several others being built or proposed for downtown San Jose. According to the developer, more than 60,000 square feet of lower floor space will connect to the neighboring tech museum known as ‘The Tech Interactive’ which is undergoing an expansion. It would be built on the property that currently houses the Parkside Hall on Park Avenue near Almaden Boulevard. On the ground floor, you’ll find almost 12,000 square feet of restaurants and shops.
If approved, Park Habitat would stand 20 stories tall with 1.2 million square feet of space dedicated to offices. According to Mercury News, Park Habitat was supposed to get final approval this week but city staffers delayed the decision until November 3rd so the planning director could take a closer look at the ambitious proposal. A new, high-rise office tower planned for downtown San Jose that puts environmental elements on display is expected to clear a major hurdle in just a few weeks.