Project Role:

I acted as the Senior Project Architect from the beginning of the schematic design up to design development, and then from the end of construction documents and construction completion. My duties included coordination with all consultants, stakeholders / clients, authorities having jurisdiction, and the general contractor. I acted as the early design-phase architect and then again as the CA architect. The late CD and CA phase comprised primarily of myself and a junior designer. 

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

• The California Division of the State Architect and deep familiarity of Title 24 chapter 11B design issues.
• UCOP Design and Construction Procedures
• The California Office of State Fire Marshal
• Very complex Construction Type I,III, and V combinations with difficult fire and seismic separations
• Student Apartments 
• All electric dining commons and apartments
• New EV charging requirements
• Traditional brick veneer cladding
• The P3 process
• Corten cladding

"Consistent with UCR’s Long Range Development Plan, the University identified a low-density and functionally obsolete expanse campus for this ambitious and transformational project.  The North District Master Plan calls for the creation of 6,000 beds of student housing to address UCR’s substantial projected increase in student enrollment by 2030.  Drawing from a more urban-style approach to planning, the mixed-use North District will feature a multitude of facilities in addition to housing, including a dining commons, plazas, academic spaces, outdoor recreation, and a sports venue."

"Phase One of the project is a 1,500-bed upper-division undergraduate apartment community at the terminus of Aberdeen Street onto Linden Street, both major campus thoroughfares. The project is organized into six massings fronting a large, open paseo that visually extends the Aberdeen Mall as a pedestrian-only public space with various gathering areas. The paseo is activated by the diverse program elements of the ground floors of the buildings which include classrooms, a small café, fitness center, resident study and social lounges, and the leasing and residence life office."