Between the Currents

The Noorda Engineering and Applied Science building is a 4-story classroom and lab building. The floor system consists of a concrete slab on metal deck. The roof consists of a combination of premanufactured steel joists and wide flange beams. The lateral force resisting system consists of Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames and concrete shear walls at the lowest level. The building is constructed into the sloping site, such that it steps into the hill over the course of two levels. The building consists of a large, center atrium that extends up through two floors. The project also consisted of a re-routing of a campus