the People

Owner
The Regents of the University of California
Rob Gayle, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Project Management, Capitol Projects
University of California, Berkeley
1936 University Avenue, 2nd Floor
Berkeley, CA 94720-1380
510.643.4061 phone
510.642.7271 fax

Architect
NBBJ
130 Sutter Street, Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 981-1100
(415) 733-2700
www.nbbj.com

Brad Leathely, Principal-in-Charge
John MacAllister, Project Principal*
Brendan Kelly, Project Manager**
Steve O’Brien, Project Designer
Fred Powell, Project Architect

* Retired
** No longer with NBBJ

Associate Architect
Preservation Architect
Page & Turnbull
724 Pine Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
415.362.5154 phone
www.page-turnbull.com

Engineer(s)
Principal Consulting Engineering Firm:
Rutherford & Chekene, Inc.
427 13th Street, 2nd Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
510.740.3200 phone
www.ruthchek.com

Consultant(s)
M/E/P:
Affiliated Engineers, Inc. www.aeieng.com

Telecommunications:
CCTC, Inc. www.cctc-inc.com

Acoustical Engineer/AV:
Charles M. Salter Assoc.

Transportation:
Edgett Williams Consulting Group, INc.

Landscape Architect:
Patricia O'Brien Landscape Architecture

Structural, Civil, Geotechnical:
Rutherford & Chekene
www.ruthchek.com

General contractor
Turner Construction Company
Steve Cunningham
353 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
415.575.3783 phone
415.989.1370 fax
www.turnerconstruction.com

Photographer(s)
Tim Griffith
739 27th Street
San Francisco CA 94131
415.640.1419 Tel

the Products

Structural system
Predominately a masonry bearing exterior wall with interior concrete and steel columns. Historic areas feature lattice steel columns and trusses and guastavino tile arched dome with steel skylight at their centers.

Strengthening was done without the use of shear walls. This was made possible by the incorporation of high-damping rubber isolation bearings and added dampers. One of the major structural feats of the project was the “lifting” of the building to allow for the installation of the base isolation system. An extensive system of clamp beams to encase and strengthen the bottom of all bearing wall served as the platform with which to jack up the structure once new foundations were completed, and isolator bearings were ready for installation.

Exterior cladding
Masonry:
Existing historic building exterior is Sierra White Granite bearing masonry construction. In addition to the block and ashlar elements, there are highly carved and decorative granite elements throughout.

Metal/glass curtainwall:
The two new lab wings at the north side of the project are two-story aluminum and glass curtain wall construction with clear glass thatconnects new to old.

Wood:
Historic window inserts are painted mahogany and oak at different locations on the building exterior.

Roofing
Built-up roofing:
BUR is used at the new additions.

Metal:
There is a standing seam metal roof above the central graduate student clusters.

Tile/shingles:
Terra cotta mission tile roofing is the major featured element of the roof, and is a vital part of the overall aesthetic language of the Hearst Building. All terra cotta was supplied by Gladding McBean (gladdingmcbean.paccoast.com) who were the original suppliers.

Windows
Wood:
Historic windows were made of oak and mahogany.

Steel:
There are historic steel windows at the arched openings flanking the main entrance.

Aluminum:
Aluminum and glass curtain walls make up the exterior of the new lab additions.

Glazing
Skylights:
Historic skylights were restored above the grand entrance hall.

Doors
Entrances:
The main entrance has enormous oak doors. Original wood and glass doors are located at the other entrances.

Metal doors:
Only at mechanical spaces.

Wood doors:
All classroom and offices have wood doors.

Interior finishes
An essential underpinning of the design of this project was to expose as much of the existing masonry of the building as possible.

Demountable partitions:
Custom wood and glass office fronts were designed and built to infill the existing masonry openings.

Furnishings
Office furniture:
Custom design by NBBJ with unistrut and birch Plywood

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
Existing elevator was refurbished.