Incremental but continuous, Eucalyptus Hall is being modernized in program and systems. The firm has worked with the Planning, Design & Construction group and the Departments of Physics and Chemistry to integrate new curricula within the 1959, 3 story cast-in-place concrete building.
The program changes have included new general laboratories, research laboratories,
classrooms, offices, and roofing replacement. Because of the small size of each
renovation, adjacency impacts have been significant. Close cooperation between the design team, administration and users have mitigated many potential issues. The recent work in the building have included: graduate student offices; physics research laboratory; and staged roof replacement.
Current Work includes full renovation of 1st floor restrooms for accessibility
upgrade & Biology laboratories on the 2nd floor.
The project is the renovation of the 4 disparate buildings, different styles and constructed over 30 years that make up Spartan Complex, the center of the university’s physical activity programs.
The renovation includes:
Seismic upgrades, ADA, HVAC, programmatic changes and integration of the buildings into the campus master plan. The program changes involve the five departments, in four colleges, that call the complex home. The challenge is to adapt the complex for code upgrades while incorporating a changing curriculum, and to creating an organizing principal that works in plan and in space, unifying the different buildings.
Project delivery is Construction Manager at Risk - CMR. Project was occupied august 2015.
Clerkin & Clerkin Architects worked with CSUN & the Department of Mathematics on concepts for flexible and varied learning spaces which processed through different buildings. The final location is in Live Oak Hall and includes: 10 rooms, 15 offices, 6 Shared TA offices, and 4 flexible rooms to facilitate different techniques, developed by the department, for addressing the critical goal of remedial education. The existing building is over 50 years old, constructed originally as science laboratories. Among the challenges was creating coherent spaces around the existing mechanical shafts of lower floor fume hoods and exhaust systems.
The Mathematic faculty offices and department office were the 2nd phase and were completed in August 2013. This portion includes the campus’s 1st faculty
collaboration space.
The project was the focus of a Society of College and University Planner (SCUP) paper describing the challenges of finding and creating spaces to meet an evolving pedagogy. The paper was published in the fall of 2012.
The information booth is located on the road that connects three new parking lots and access to the Coussoulis Arena to Northpark Boulevard.
The booth is self-contained and serves as a secondary post for the campus police force. Visibility of the entry road and adjacent parking lots was a critical element in the design. The challenging program required a very small building to accomplish multiple functions on the narrow center parkway. The building integrates the campus mascot sculpture with layered site walls. Yet, the building creates an effective relationship between interior and exterior spaces.
Despite its diminutive size, the success of the design highlights this building as a campus entry landmark. The project received the 2002 Pasadena/Foothill AIA Award or Merit.
Projects for Pomona Unifi ed School District are diverse in functions and uses. Numerous projects serve joint programs with Mt. San Antonio College and Cal Poly as well as the State and Regional Occupational Programs.
The Technology Production Center, which is located in an existing mall serves staff, community and students. Creative programming led to creative design solutions which transformed the educational program into a dynamic space with two instructional laboratories and an open production area to entice and facilitate communication among the users.
The scope consists of a three phased equipment demo and replacement project to theNorwalk La Mirada Unified School District Central Kitchen.
Project 1: Replace existing pizza oven with a new thaw box.
Project 2: Includes the addition of two rack ovens to be installed adjacent to the existing ovens. The ovens requires a vented hood to the outside, a new floor drain, and modifications to the existing roof.
Project 3: Includes the replacement of the double compartment dish washing sink with a new three compartment sink with drainboards. Part 3 also includes the replacement of a commercial high temperature dishwasher.
The construction is scheduled for June 2014. The project also
requires upgrades to the existing restrooms; fire alarm system and parking lot.
The Huntington Park Elementary School, LAUSD, and Freedom Park, City of Huntington Park were developed during master planning of the school site. Analysis revealed that an efficient and safer traffic, site development would be for the City and School District to exchange sites. This arrangement allows the campus to share a joint use program with the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. The design firm was able to use this as an opportunity to provide amenities that could be enjoyed by both the school and the community
at large. Outdoor spaces were conceived using visual surveillance and age appropriate groupings.
Huntington Park Elementary school providing 26 classrooms, administrative offices, a cafetorium / kitchen and a library. The entire school sits above subterranean parking that accommodates 73 cars. During site planning and analysis, specific attention was made to minimize impact to the existing traffic, reducing construction costs significantly. An efficient layout maximized the potential of the small, tight 4.2 acre urban site.
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These projects, the Cedars Sinai Medical Center, illustrate the firm’s ability to work under very constraining parameters, yet address the concerns that affect the client management team and the end users. The projects have extremely short construction schedules to maintain the hospital’s operability. They provide the latest technology to the users by clarity of documentation and coordination. The firm worked with the concerned groups within the facility to satisfy their needs.
The house is an alteration and addition of a 1950’s open plan home. The design features a kitchen, with a central island, that opens to the family room and dining room. A 3 sided fireplace separates the family room from a great room that contains dining/living and sitting areas. The great room features a 14’ vaulted wood panel ceiling. Secluded master bedroom has a cathedral style ceiling and large windows.
The Reath/Saint Oyant Studio is located in Pasadena’s historic Bungalow Heaven.Designed for a painter and professor couple, the building contains a small light filled office for the husband, a high ceiling painting studio, and storage for gardening tools. The studio contains operable skylights for natural light and ventilation, large garage doors for the artist’s tallest works, and stacking storage for her canvasses. Overhangs and porches allow the couple to utilize the three main portions as part of the integrated complex. The building passed the strict requirements of the historical district and met the functional
needs of the owner.
A California Craftsman house built in 1920s, the house is located in the City of Alhambra's historic Ramona Park neighborhood. There are 2 phases to the project.
Phase 1: Renovation of existing main house’s 2nd floor bedroom & Addition of a 200 sf 2nd floor study. Staircase access to the 2nd floor were centrally relocated to enhance circulation to the 2nd floor.
Phase 2: New Construction of a detached 2 story, 473 sf guest unit with 3 cars garage. The new guest unit is located to the back of the main house in replacing a deteriorating existing garage. The latest City Code also required underground of overhead utilities & re-dedication of property line.
Lilac Hall is a new type of structure for the university. The program was developed for flexibility of use and occupancy, promoting a new type of building habitation.
It is a high bay, pre-engineered structure. Offices are ranged around the perimeter allowing the center to be used in multiple ways, emphasizing collaboration and interactive processes. The project highlights minimalism of fixed spaces for a greater freedom of use.
The project consisted of 3 Phases: Design and construction of the shell and core facilities; design and construction of offices; and design and construction of a chemistry research laboratory.
Jacaranda Hall is a dynamic mix of engineering, instruction, computer science, and health services. That mix has created the need for varied renovations incorporating new technologies and equipment.
Clerkin & Clerkin has worked with the School of Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Nursing to create new spaces to meet the requirements and needs of changing pedagogy and changing equipment. Some of the spaces renovated include the nursing simulation lab. With its hospital bed setup and simulation manikin; and the computer science instructional laboratories - which moved from the model of instruction and then practice to an integrated instructional method with group breakout spaces.
