Mathematics and Sciences Building, University of California, Davis
AC Martin led a multi-consultant team for this new administrative building on the University of California, Davis campus to house the Mathematics and Statistics Departments. The project provides 64,000 gross square feet of office and educational space in an efficient core layout for use by various departments as needed, and includes academic offices, conference rooms, statistics lab, and a large seminar room for guest speakers, presentations and public events.
The architecture of the building was conceived to reinforce the pedestrian nature of the UC Davis campus, with appropriately spaced windows, and a textured facade. The building massing was designed to work with an existing stand of pines to the southeast, creating a plaza and gathering space that links the main entry to a primary north/south circulation path. Landscaping and the building edge also reinforce an existing major pedestrian path to the south.
