Academic Learning Center
Completion Date September 2000
Published March 2001
National University, with more than 17,000 students, is the second largest private university in California. Its focus is on adult education providing both bachelor- and master-degree programs.
The San Diego Spectrum campus of National University opened to students in September 2000 with a 63,000-sf Academic Center housing 31 classrooms. All 31 classrooms integrate the latest information and teaching technologies. These include an electronic library, electronic chalkboards, and a remote-accessed digital video center. The automated professor's podiums are comparable to a film editor's mixing board allowing the audio-visual integration of compact discs, DVDs, film, video, teleconferencing, and computer presentations. The infrastructure is designed to accommodate planned and future horizon technologies.
The suburban location in a largely undeveloped technology park dictated that the design develop a visual image that was both academic in character and inviting. The anchor of the project creating this imagery is an arched entry to a grand gallery which serves as the "living room" for the campus It provides the principal circulation and is a crossroad for activities.
The Academic Center is designed to accommodate 1,000 students. The instructional spaces include:
- A Distance Education Classroom featuring a document camera, ceiling mounted projector, AMX touch panel instructor's station with a computer, VCR/DVD player, video camera, monitor, printer, and local and network access server. All 50 student desks are equipped with a computer and flat panel display.
- The 46 fixed-seat Leadership Room features data and electric outlets at each seat for laptop computer use. The theater-style room features a large format rear screen projection system with touch screen control on both the instructor's lectern and the screen. The same technologies provided in the Distance Education Classroom are integrated into the Leadership Room.
- Computer Equipped Classrooms vary between 35 and 50 stations. They are equipped with technologies similar to the Distance Education Classroom. All student stations are equipped with a computer, flat panel monitors, and local and Internet access. Standard classrooms are laptop ready at each desk and are fully prepared for the addition of individual computers.
- The Computer Lab is open to all students and provides more than 60-cluster style computer equipped workstations.
- The 42-station Multipurpose Science Laboratory Classroom is designed for both molecular biology and forensic science classes. Each station is wired for data and power for laptop computers. The instructor's demonstration table includes a computer-controlled projector, VCR/DVD player, and television monitor.
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National University |
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Owner Contact:
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Kevin Casey, Vice President of Administration & Business
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Building Location:
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San Diego, CA UNITED STATES
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Project Type:
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New Construction
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Principal Building Function:
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Classrooms |
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Project Timeline
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| Jan 1999 | Planning Start |
| Mar 1999 | Design Start |
| Oct 1999 | Construction Start |
| Aug 2000 | Completion |
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Last known status: Completed
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| Project Cost: |
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$17,900,000 |
| Construction Cost: |
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$7,300,000 |
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: |
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$115 |
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About These Cost Figures
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Project Includes:
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Computers
Education
Education: Classroom
Education: Distance Learning
Education: Multimedia
Forensic
Laboratory
Video Conferenceing Center
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| Total GSF: |
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63,600 |
| Total NSF: |
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52,105 |
| Efficiency: |
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82% |
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Building Population:
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960
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People Density:
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66.25 gsf/person
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Building Services:
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Compressed air, DI, gas
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Planning Module:
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30' x 36'
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Structure/Foundation:
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Tilt-up construction with steel atrium
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Lab Module:
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10' x 24'
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Casework Mat'l:
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Cherry wood, plastic laminate, granite
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Fume Hoods:
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Two
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Consultant - Structural Engineer
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Hope Engineering Inc
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| Profile Created 03/31/2001 |
| Last Updated 04/04/2006 |
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The cost figures reported are supplied by the firms that submitted these
projects for publication, which in most cases are the designers or builders.
Whereas these sources are intimately familiar with their projects, they may
not be fully aware of the owners' finally-realized and recorded costs. In some
cases, costs are truly and completely accounted for, and in others they represent
a near approximation of the final costs. Costs have not been adjusted for
year of construction, nor has any attempt been made to make regional cost
adjustments.
Further, costs are not comparable on any kind of detailed standard costing model.
Hence, it is possible for the cost of one building to include a steam boiler, while
the cost of a comparable building might not include the boiler, if steam is being
supplied from an already existing campus grid. Or, in another case, a building might
include excess boiler capacity to supply steam to another building. Some submittals
include fees or unusual site improvements as part of the construction costs, which
others do not.
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Academic Learning Center Photo courtesy of Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker Notes:
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