The University of California Riverside is taking steps to fulfill their Strategic Plan for a growing student population. This is being accomplished by providing high-quality classrooms and study spaces, and by providing opportunities for enrichment and engagement via participation in student organizations and other extracurricular activities. To help University of California Riverside address an anticipated shortage in the University’s classroom space, Glumac provided a site feasibility study and programming/test fits for the new stand-alone Student Success Center in the Academic Core of the campus.

The three-story, 62,000-square-foot design-build facility will feature a mix of classrooms, small- to large-sized lecture halls, multi-purpose rooms, student study areas, meeting rooms, a student lounge, and a dining venue. With a seating capacity of 1,100, the new building will provide significant space needed to meet the anticipated growing campus enrollment and rising graduation rates in the coming years. The building includes a 400-seat in-the-round lecture hall that will be unlike any other classroom campus: it will use ceilings as surfaces for screens that will project imagery.

Awards

• LEED Gold
• DBIA 2022
• National Award – Excellence: Education Facilities
• National Award – Merit: Education Facilities

Size: 62,000 gsf; 42,000 asf
Construction Cost: $58 million
Start/End Date: March 2018 / October 2022
Delivery Method: Design-Build
Architect: Steinberg Hart
Owner: University of California, Riverside
Services: Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing, Commissioning