Award of Merit Higher Education/Research
Nestled in the hillside of UCSF's Parnassus Campus, the $123-million, 660-ft-long Regeneration Medicine Building features a serpentine-like design with four split-level floors and terraced living roofs, sitting on a structural framework 40 to 70 ft off the ground.
One of the main challenges was inserting a high-profile medical science and stem cell research building into a densely packed urban university campus in a seismic Zone 4, which significantly increased the complexity for the team. Furthermore, the project is situated at the base of Mount Sutro, which slopes up to 60 degrees from the adjacent road. The structural design included 42 friction pendulum seismic isolators located between the foundation and the structure at each of the building's anchor points,
Key Players
Owner: University of California, San Francisco
General Contractor: DPR Construction, Redwood City
Construction Management: Nova Partners, Redwood City
Architect: SmithGroup, San Francisco
Civil Engineer: Creegan + D'Angelo, Fairfield
Structural Engineer: Forell/Elsesser Engineers, San Francisco
MEP Engineers: Cupertino Electric, San Francisco; ACCO, San Leandro
Submitted by:
DPR Construction
