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Jacobs Hall - UC Berkeley

 

Key Features 

 

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  • 24,000 square foot facility to house the Jacobs Design Innovation Institute

  • Integration at the ground and basement levels with adjacent existing structures

  • Interior plan includes precision manufacturing and prototyping labs, interactive workspaces, and exhibit space

 

Geotechnical Challenges

 

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  • Project site 800 feet from the active Hayward fault 

  • Geotechnically complex site with sloping ground conditions, sheared and weathered bedrock amongst areas of very hard and resistant rock

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Innovative Solutions

 

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  • Alternative foundation design concepts meeting UCB's programmatic and budgetary goals

  • Use of drilled piers to avoid loading adjacent basement wall

  • Designed building superstructure to cantilever an adjacent basement

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