Sustainable Architecture Tour Series: California College of the Arts

The Bay Area is home to many outstanding examples of sustainable architecture. Local architects and engineers are pushing design boundaries to achieve improvements in the places we live, work, learn, and play. This tour is the second in a series of excursions behind the scenes where sustainability supports and infuses academic life.

Experience how architecture influences the dynamic learning environment at California College of the Arts where sustainability is a cross-disciplinary topic and an integral part of the college's philosophy and academic curriculum when you join CCA Director of Research and Planning David Meckel on a walking tour and discussion of CCA's inspiring educational facility in San Francisco. The building integrates new systems, sustainable materials, and innovative structural elements to achieve maximum functional efficiency and design impact with minimum resources. It is among the largest solar-heated facilities in Northern California and was designated one of the country's top-10 green buildings by the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment. A solar-heated hydronic system (radiant floor) heats its 51,000 square feet of studio and classroom spaces, allowing retention of existing glazing and maximizing daylight access. Recycled-content cellulose insulation also provides acoustical benefits. Meckel will discuss the main campus building's many innovative sustainable features and how they contribute to, and exemplify, the forward-looking art and design efforts happening throughout the school.

Limited to 20 participants