University of California, Berkeley
Master of Architecture
Fall 2018: ARCH203 Integrated Design Studio
Instructor: D. Spiegel

In which disrupted continuities and continuous disruption are proposed as a formal strategy for organizing playing and learning. A new 21,000 square foot childcare and child development center for the City College of San Francisco engages multiple adjacencies, from the residential fabric of Balboa Park to the sprawling campus. The timber hybrid structural system (cross-laminated timber panels as well as heavy timber columns and beams) facilitates formal moves and resulting geometries, which create nooks and gaps for flexible use as well as for building performance.