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Cal Poly Pomona, Library Addition
The new California State Polytechnic University Library Addition included a 103,926 gross-square-foot, four-story addition built adjacent to the existing university library, a remodel of the existing 23,830 square-foot ground floor, a renovation of the second and third floors, and improvement of site and landscape areas. The addition provided needed lecture, instructional and office space, plus a 120-seat amphitheater. All classrooms included the integration of new data and telecommunication infrastructure to support future information technology systems.
The library was designed to meet the needs of Cal Poly Pomona’s expanding enrollment. It contains state-of-the-art information stations, library instruction spaces, enhanced reading areas, and academic lecture spaces. Key features include: a research commons, a two-story grand reading room, 23 group study rooms, five group-listening rooms, and a twenty-four hour research lab.
The library addition is flooded with natural day-lighting in most areas allowing for comfort and increase productivity. The openness that the windows allow created a feeling of oneness with the environment surrounding the campus.
Completed on schedule in 22 months, the project expanded and rearranged functional areas, including the library’s entry floor, increased operational efficiency, added compact storage areas and provided students and faculty with better working environments for study and research.
The library addition corrected structural, mechanical, hazardous material; ADA accessibility and code related deficiencies; and provided necessary improvements to the existing building’s mechanical and electrical systems to provide a fully operational and safe facility. A new centralized security system was installed that monitors virtually the entire building including all elevators, entry/exit doors, group study rooms and general open study areas with keycard and pass-code protected access for facilities and library personnel.
Rudolph and Sletten self-performed its own concrete work requiring over 140 concrete-driven foundation piles to support the new steel structure. Go to: http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/about/about.html • PolyTrends - Cal Poly Pomona Library (2.9MB pdf) • IFMA - Cal Poly Pomona Library (pdf 476 KB) • WCCC Award (37k pdf)
Project Details
- Square Footage:
- 204,190
- Owner Name:
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Architect:
- Carrier Johnson
- Photographer:
- RMA Architectural Photographers
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