Project Role:

I acted as the Senior Project Architect from the beginning of the schematic design phase until two months into construction. My duties included coordination with all consultants, stakeholders / clients, authorities having jurisdiction, and the general contractor. As well, I acted as the production architect in a design/build framework within a lean team which varied between two and five total team members during the design and construction phases of the project. 

The strengths I developed on the project include detail knowledge and coordination of:

• The California Division of the State Architect, and recent developments in code interpretations
• CSU Design and Construction Procedures
• The California Office of State Fire Marshal
• Design/Build coordination strategies
• Type IA construction
• Thin-shell prefabricated concrete cladding systems
• Student Apartments 
• Dining Commons
• New EV charging requirements
• Construction in markets with highly constrained workforces

Key Facts

• Location: 0.5 miles from campus, near the intersection of St. Louis Rd and Hwy 101
• Capacity: 964 students 
• Units: 241 
• Housing type: two-, three-, and four-bedroom apartments
• Size: 314,000 square feet 
• Project site: 12.8 acres 
• Parking spaces: 328 
• Build/Design team: Sundt Construction and SCB

Features

• Grounds: green space, recreation facilities, open-air courtyard

• Interior: common lounges, study and conference spaces, café/market, fitness center

• Sustainability components: constructed to LEED Gold certification standard;

  high-efficiency irrigation for landscaping; durable exterior building materials; Electric Vehicle charging stations

• Estimated completion: East Building—Summer 2025; West Building—Winter 2025

• Estimated construction cost: $200 million

• Funding source: part of $433 million in one-time state appropriations, Higher

  Education Student Housing Grant Program and CSU Systemwide revenue bonds