Faculty Club Renovation and Guest House Addition

Dan J on November 17, 2023

The Faculty Club is a significant center of community and hospitality at UC Santa Barbara, with a breathtaking view of the campus lagoon against a background of coastline, ocean, and offshore islands. Designed by Charles W. Moore and William Turnbull and built in 1969, the Club has been internationally studied and lauded as an architectural icon. After four decades of intensive use, the building was in serious disrepair, compromising its important function on campus.

Our design approach was to articulate the project into three distinct  phases: restoration, adaptive re-use, and addition. The extreme challenge of existing physical repair was addressed with early detailed survey, use of BIM modeling, and intensive follow-up during construction.

The substantial renovation includes replacement of entire interior/exterior finishes, fenestration, and roofing. The original building’s complex exterior system of interstitial plaster walls and wood trusses is translated into interior spaces using skylights to maintain architectural character and spare the effects of weather. The main dining room is expanded with improved daylight and circulation, adding color to enhance architectural layering of walls and windows. 30 new guest rooms plus lobby and support facilities frame a new multi-use courtyard with exterior dance and celebration terrace.

With its new lease on life, the Faculty Club has been warmly revived as a unique place of community engagement and conversation at UCSB.

Hillman Hall, Brown School of Social Work

Dan J on November 17, 2023

The building form was influenced by its unique location on campus. As the third building in the Brown School ensemble, Hillman Hall connects to existing Goldfarb Hall and embraces the original 1937 Brown Hall, the first school of social work in the country.

 The design of Hillman Hall reflects the strong Collegiate Gothic architectural character of the Washington University Campus. The expansion respects Brown Hall’s primary tower elevation by setting back the building to create a new courtyard amphitheater. A new Portal connects Hillman Hall with Goldfarb Hall as well as provides a welcoming entrance to the campus from Forsythe Boulevard.

 The heart of the Brown Community spaces is The Forum. It is located at the center of the curving “Street” along with active uses of the Information Commons, Café with dining area, I.T. and Communications Offices, classrooms and group studies. The two-story Forum provides a multi-purpose venue for guest speakers, banquets, receptions, town hall meetings, and for daily use as a lounge and informal dining space.

Hillman Hall was designed and developed to include sustainable design principles emphasizing energy efficiency, water conservation, regional materials, long-term durability, air quality, comfort, connection to nature, wellness, and future adaptability. The project received a USGCB LEED v3.0 Platinum rating.  Key “petals” or components of the Living Building Challenge will be used as a guideline to implement initiatives important to the Brown School.

Olin Business School

Dan J on November 17, 2023

The new contemporary Business School expansion project creates a dynamic facility to support the MBA program at Washington University in St. Louis. It provides a fresh interpretation on a Collegiate Gothic campus, clear internal circulation focused around a daylight-filled atrium, and strengthening connections with neighboring historic buildings. The 175,000 GSF building compliments the uses within the existing Executive Education Center, nearly doubling the schools footprint on the historic campus core.

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