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Contra Costa College STEM Center

Architecture
2017
 

Scope
Schematic design 
Design development
Interior design
3D modeling & rendering


Based in San Pablo, CA, Contra Costa College was seeking a new science learning center to anchor the east end of their campus.  In replacing the previous science building, there was a desire for a beacon to celebrate science & learning and blur the line between building and campus.  The project concept focuses on promoting science on display and collaborative learning through connected and interactive spaces.  The multi-level planetarium & tutoring center is designed as a “STEM symbol” that showcases the building’s program to the rest of the campus and anchors social spaces within.



Context



Concept Development 


The desire from the client was to create a beacon on the campus to advertise and celebrate the sciences.  The project addressed this by creating a jewel box with open views to the existing campus highlighting a multi-story faceted feature which we labeled a “STEM symbol”.  Inspiration was pulled from mineral & mathematical forms ultimately landing on a form inspired by a dodecahedron due to it’s formal dynamicism and constructabililty. 


Exterior Design







Completed Photography
Mark
contact: abullo191@gmail.com 
project credits: SmithGroup, Ratcliff, Urban Energy Works, ID PASS 
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