Bob Swanson
Student Activities Center + Classroom Building
Contra Costa Community College
New Classroom Building, Student Activities Center, Conference Center, and Central Utility Plant.
San Pablo, California
Client: tBP Architecture
Building Size: 57,369 sf student activities center; 45,253 sf classroom building
Project Cost: $50 million
Interface also provided engineering for site work including: site gas distribution, medium voltage electrical distribution, and site lighting.
The Student Activities Center includes large instructional cooking and baking spaces, commercial cooking spaces, and two dining rooms.
The project is designed to exceed Title 24 by 20% using technology such as:
- heat recovery chillers
- variable volume kitchen hood exhaust and make-up air systems
- aggressive lighting and daylighting strategies