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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

Lake Flato Architects

Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 12/15/2023
Program type(s): Education - College/University (campus-level)
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 279122
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 144679
Project substantial completion date: 12/15/2023
Climate zone: 2a hot humid
Project site: Previously developed land
Project team: Architect: Lake Flato Architects
Engineer - Civil: Intelligent Engineering Services
Engineer - MEP: Introba (formerly Integral Group)
Engineer - Structural: Datum Engineers
General Contractor: Turner Construction
Landscape Architect: Rialto Studio
Cost Estimating: Vermeulens
Lighting Design: Studio Lumina

Project Overview:
The Business and Humanities District merges 11 departments within two renovated historic mid-century modern buildings and the new mass timber Dicke Hall, forming a vibrant interdisciplinary campus core. Outdated spaces became light-filled, active learning environments supported by passive design, systems innovation, and rooftop solar. Dicke Hall reduces embodied carbon by 52% and energy use by 90% compared to baseline, while capturing 100% of condensate to eliminate potable water use for toilets and landscape. The transformation expanded the district’s area by 42% with less than a 1% increase in total campus energy use.

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