Location: Stanley Hall is located at the East Gate of the UC Berkeley campus next to the Hearst Memorial Mining Building.
Design: The building is eight stories above ground with three basement levels. It measures approximately 285,000 gross square feet (gsf). (The former Stanley Hall, originally called the Biochemistry and Virus Laboratory, was 67,000 gsf.)
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The building houses approximately 40 research laboratories for QB3 faculty affiliates; specialized core research support facilities including a Biomolecular Nanotechnology Center, tissue engineering facility, specialized optics suite, and a regional NMR facility; and administrative offices for QB3 and the Department of Bioengineering. The laboratory and lab support space is designed with a flexible layout that can easily respond to multidisciplinary research protocols and evolving needs of modern research.
The first floor teaching and meeting facilities include a 300-seat auditorium, a second auditorium for 120, a third auditorium for 45, and a multi-media classroom with flexible space for 45 that will have state-of-the-art equipment to support teaching and lectures. A café was installed in 2008.
The building’s exterior materials include Sierra granite and copper, materials used on other classical buildings on the UC Berkeley campus such as the Hearst Memorial Mining Building and Doe Library.
Cost: The project budget is $162.3 million. Funds are from a combination of state and private sources.
Construction schedule: Occupants moved out of the old Stanley Hall at the end of 2002. Project work began January 2003 with abatement and other activities. Demolition of the old hall began in March 2003. The new facility was ready for occupancy beginning in spring 2007, with full occupancy in fall 2007.
Project team:
Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
General Contractor: McCarthy Building Companies Inc.
Project management: UC Berkeley Capital Projects
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