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SAINT JOHN'S
CARDIOVASCULAR
RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA
A flexible use cardiovascular research center was needed to satisfy the needs of various private research users as well as universal affiliations. It needed to be functional and economical to build, low in maintenance, yet maintaining maximum security. The building was to be a three-story complex containing research and procedure rooms on the first floor, research laboratories on the second floor and administrative offices and amphitheater on the third floor.
The primary material for this 31,088 S.F. facility was split-face scored concrete block. This material satisfied the requirements of functionality, economy, low maintenance and security. To add to the aesthetics of the building, surface mounted bands of alternating reflective glass and blue aluminum banding were added.
ARCHITECT:
DuBourdieu, Inc., AIA
Architectural - Planning - Interiors
11022 Winners Circle, Suite 107
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
Charles W. DuBourdieu, Jr.,
AIA, NCARB