Award of Merit - Higher Education/Research: University of California, Davis Teaching and Learning Complex
Designed as a transformational teaching space, this project features a four-story, 100,000-sq-ft classroom building equipped with an auditorium, two lecture halls and classrooms of various sizes. A writing center and technology support services span the fourth floor.
The design-build team created efficiencies across the entire project, increasing student study space by 70% over what was included in the criteria, part of an overall increase of 10% in assignable square footage in the building. Downsizing MEP systems, for example, made it possible to double the size of student collaboration and touchdown areas.