This building for UCSB’s Housing and Residential Services was designed with both low-tech and high-tech environmental performance in mind. A center atrium combined with innovative shading systems allowed a passive cooling approach, whereby no air conditioning is needed.
The building was designed and sited to activate a campus crossroads, creating a set of courtyards to define the building entry. Native coastal planting around the site and on the sedum-planted green roof requires minimal irrigation and give a verdant identity to the building.
Blackbird Team | Ken Radtkey, Yianni Doulis, Matthew Eastwood, Adam Sharkey Landscape Architect | VAI Van Atta Associates Inc. Structural Engineer | Nabih Youssef Associates Electrical Engineer | JMPE Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineer | Mechanical Engineering Consultants Civil Engineer | Flowers & Associates, Inc. Cost Estimator | C. P. O'Halloran Associates, Inc.