Engineering Building Unit II

The 133,000-sf building is comprised of research and instructional laboratories for chemical engineering, material science, solid mechanics and structural engineering, as well as for offices and related teaching facilities. Offices are located to take advantage of both the view and the ocean breezes that naturally cross ventilate (through operable windows and corridor transoms) wings of the building. Laboratories are located by a central service corridor and two trellis-lined exterior access corridors. Placement of vertical circulation nodes at the intersections of these wings (with elevators and stairs) allow for exterior walkways which encourage a spirit of interaction between faculty and students, while bridging the different floor-to-floor heights between the laboratory and office units.

The building sits at the end of the Warren Mall. Its principal entrance on the mall axis opens into a courtyard, the principal interaction space for students and faculty. The bay-windowed offices look toward the main campus library while the internally oriented laboratories wrap around the building.

The frontal element is clad in Chilean marble with granite stripes, the office wings are stucco. Laboratory wings are a warm-colored, ribbed, poured-in-place concrete, with the window openings outlined in Chilean marble. Sun screens, exterior trim and trellises are stainless steel. Both color and building materials are consistent with the palette of the campus.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of California, San Diego

Owner Contact:

M. Boone Hellmann, AIA, Assistant Vice Chancellor

Building Location:

San Diego, CA UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Research and Teaching Laboratory and Offices

Project Delivery Method:

Bid

Project Timeline

Mar 1989	Planning Start
Jan 1990	Design Start
Apr 1992	Construction Start
Jul 1994	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$19,077,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$145

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Engineering
Headquarters
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Office: Researcher
Research

Total GSF:

133,330

Total NSF:

80,100

Efficiency:

60%

Building Population:

250

Building Services:

Domestic and industrial hot and cold water, process cooling, deionized water, compressed air, natural gas, vacuum, C02, emergency power, telephone/data

Office Size:

150 NSF

Power Req:

Lighting 3.75 watts/nsf Lab equipment: 30 watts/nsf Mechanical power: 9 watts/nsf

HVAC Req:

Laboratory (Basement): 10 air changes, Level 1: 10 air changes, Level 2: 12 air changes, Level 3: VAV recirculating system

Structure/Foundation:

Deep ribbed concrete joist & beam system, exterior insulation finish & exposed architectural concrete

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

10'6" x 17'6"

Casework Mat'l:

Constant volume fume hoods, standard floor-mounted base cabinets

Project Team

Architect - Design

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP

Builder

Nielsen-Dillingham Builders

Consultant - Engineer

Ove Arup and Partners

Consultant - Laboratory Planner

Earl Walls Associates

Supplier - Cabinetry

Dow Diversified

Supplier - Casework

St. Charles Manufacturing

Profile Created 07/01/1994

Last Updated 04/04/2006

About the Reported Cost Figures

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.

Fig. 1

Exterior

Fig. 2

Floorplan