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CHAPMAN SCIENCE ACADEMIC CENTER
CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY,
MONTEREY BAY
SEASIDE, CALIFORNIA
Photography: John Edward Linden
Photography
CMACN 2005 Awards Edition, “CMU Profiles in Architecture”
Jury
Comments: As the first new building in this
former military base, this building sets a precedent for
future growth and development, in its massing, scale, and
material palette. Modern tenets are relaxed to provide a
more casual, but well-ordered appearance. Standard, honed,
and split faced units are combined to enliven the surfaces,
while connecting the structures to the groundscape.
As the first new building for a campus recently converted
from a military base, the new science classroom and
laboratory building marks a critical step in the realization
of the campus master plan, establishing a precedent to guide
the character of future campus development and its
integration with the adaptive reuse of existing
structures.
Exterior massing and finishes of the new building reflect the primary programmatic elements of laboratories, offices, and classrooms, and anticipates the scale and density of planned development at the campus core. The selection of building enclosure materials, design of the sun-shading devices, application of color and use of native landscape elements are all cues in setting a new visual identity for the emerging campus.
Materials, patterns and colors emphasize the connection between the exterior of the building and its interior spaces as they flow in and back out again. Circulation throughout the building fuses with informal interaction spaces, with views highlighted at every interval. The palette of materials, including exposed concrete masonry units with earth tone, split face base and lighter tone honed face walls, in combination with natural woods and vibrant earth tones, play against a high-tech aesthetic of metals and exposed ceilings.
Reflecting the nature of the environmental science curriculum, the building embodies a strong commitment to sustainable design and construction practices, a philosophy integral to the building’s siting, detailing, specifications, and performance standards. Natural, low VOC, and formaldehyde-free finishes, as well as the minimization of additional finish materials or painted surfaces, responds to both the natural and the high-tech, while creating a more sustainable building.
ARCHITECT:
Anshen
+ Allen
901 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Gregory
Blackburn, AIA, LEED AP
Principal
Jeff
Logan, AIA
Gabrielle Saponara
Richard Felix-Ashman
Danielle Kilmer
Robert Riddlemoser, AIA
Design Team
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER:
Rutherford & Chekene
GENERAL CONTRACTOR:
Mauldin-Dorfmeier Construction, Inc.
MASONRY CONTRACTOR:
O’Neal Masonry Partners
BLOCK PRODUCER:
Blocklite
OWNER:
California State University, Monterey Bay
