Thille New Biology Building Seaver Hall South Renovation Pomona College Claremont, California
48,000 sf, 3-story new building
45,000 sf renovation
The Pomona College projects included the addition of a new 3-story, 48,000 square foot biology building and the seismic retrofit of an existing science building facility to include 45,000 square feet of renovated space. A 60-foot tall glass entry rotunda surrounds a free-standing double cantilever set of main stairs. Due to building height restrictions, we utilized a cast-in-place
concrete, two-way slab with shear walls structural system for the buildings which house classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories, a greenhouse, and animal research facilities. The project also included two pedestrian bridges connecting the new biology building to the existing facilities.