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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

Studio Gang, Design Architect

TEF Design, Associate Architect

Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 6/10/2023
Program type(s): Education - College/University (campus-level), Lodging - Residence Hall/Dormitory
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 200,000
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 125,000
Project substantial completion date: 6/10/2023
Climate zone: 3C
Project site: Previously developed land
Project team: 
Design Architect and Architect of Record: Studio Gang
Expansion Plan Associate Architect: TEF Design
General Contractor: Swinerton Builders
Engineer – Structural: Magnussen Klemencic Associates
Engineer – Structural: MME Civil + Structural Engineering
Landscape Architect: Joni L. Janecki & Associates
Landscape Architect: Office of Cheryl Barton
Engineer – Civil: Sherwood Design Engineers
Engineer – MEP/FP: Introba Group
Sustainability: Atelier Ten
Lighting Consultant: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
Acoustic Consultant: Salter
Envelope Consultant: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Wayfinding and Graphics: Cheng+Snyder
Code Consultant: Holmes Fire
Quantity Surveyor: Directional Logic
Accessibility Consultant: Jensen Hughes
Elevator Consultant: Elevator Consulting Associates
Technology Consultant: TEECOM
Theater Consultant (Academic Center): The Shalleck Collaborative
Food Service Consultant (Residential Buildings): Ricca Design Studios

Project Overview:
Located in a redwood forest along ridges and ravines in northern California, Kresge College has been a bold experiment in student-driven education since 1971. Fifty years later, the campus expansion reinvigorates the campus as a vital, experimental environment for education—still independent-minded and free-spirited, but no longer so isolated and inward-facing. Four new buildings—a trio of residential halls and an academic center—restore the integrity and community spirit of the original design while simultaneously opening it up to embrace students of all abilities, the incredible natural ecology of its site, and the larger university community beyond.

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