The California College of the Arts expansion in San Francisco was designed by Studio Gang, with TEF Design as associate architect. It was completed in 2024 and adds 82,305 square feet of new construction to the college's campus. The college is the client.
Two mass timber pavilions hold classrooms, art studios and exhibition galleries. Studio Gang says they are among the first exposed mass timber structures in California. A concrete ground level holds indoor-outdoor workshops for fabrication and two large maker yards, linked to the upper level by a green terraced landscape.
A diagrid structure frames the pavilions, with diagonal seismic braces. Self-shading facades and night-flush ventilation reduce the size and energy demand of the mechanical systems. The project targets carbon neutrality and net-zero energy.
This building has no Wikipedia article. Facts come from Studio Gang: California College of the Arts.
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