Program/Scope:
•  Scientific Think Tank/Board of Trustees meeting room, large and
   small indoor/outdoor convening/thinking places, 28 office/carrels
   for visiting scientists, forging a connection to  the existing
   structure and landscape
•  Existing Structure Renovation - 2,800 SF; New Structure - 4,400 SF

Budget/Cost:
•  $4.2 million

Special Challenges/Unusual Characteristics:
•  The integration of adaptive-reuse and new construction allow for
   generous outdoor areas that take advantage of the local climate and
   work as extensions of the interior spaces creating a quintessential
   Southern California place.

Solution/Design:
•  The project aims to facilitate a culture of creativity where
   scientists of related and disparate disciplines meet to think about
   space exploration in revolutionary ways
•  The architecture works to make a place of desire that nurtures and
   harnesses creative tension in that pursuit
•  Create a place of interaction and flexibility where “orchestrated
   collisions” create opportunity for unexpected conversation and
   creative thinking

•  Adaptive reuse and restoration of the existing residence maintains
   the majority of the structural and non-structural elements

•  Frameless glass windows and walls, along with extensive skylights
   provide daylight to all the occupied spaces in the new structure

•  Moveable glass walls along the collaborative lounge with transfer
   ducts on the opposite wall and low ventilation fans provide the
   optimum natural ventilation

•  Operable sliding panels integrated into the north and west walls
   of the Meeting Room space provide the natural ventilation for a
   heat stack effect that is ventilated through automatic, mechanized
   louvers located in the southern skylight well.  Sensors on the
   sliding panels trigger or disconnect the HVAC system and the heat
   exhaust system accordingly

•  The concrete slab on grade creates a cooling heat sink to reduce
   the cooling loads for the building

•  Manual and mechanical lighting and HVAC controls create a flexible,
   adaptive environment that optimizes the use of energy

•  Solar energy from the nearby campus array is harvested and
   allocated

•  Native, drought tolerant plant selection and high efficiency drip
   irrigation and controls

•  Gardens, paths and courtyard incorporate permeable paving (red
   gravel, decomposed granite, concrete pavers) in order to recharge
   the aquifer, prevent water run-off and reduce the heat island
   effect

•  A white, energy-star rated roof reflects heat and sunlight reducing
   the heat island effect

LEED Energy Calculations:
Code: ASHRAE 90.1-2007
Baseline: 111.8 kBTU/sf-yr (214,270-kWh/yr) energy use,
Modeled: 79.3 kBTU/sf-yr (151,429-kWh/yr) energy use,
29% reduction

The water use reduction is 35% as compared to baseline:
Code: LEED 2009, EPAct 1992
Baseline: 18.18 kGal
Modeled: 11.86 kGal
35% reduction