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THE ARCHITECTURE ISSUE
The Chronicle Review's yearly look at architecture examines buildings on and off campuses. Above, Caltech's new Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, designed by Morphosis. (Chronicle photograph by Lawrence Biemiller)
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Buildings & Grounds is written by Scott Carlson (left) and Lawrence Biemiller (right). Scott Carlson writes about architecture, facilties, energy, and sustainability, among other topics. Lawrence Biemiller writes about architecture and facilities and contributes to Notes from Academe. What's happening on your campus? Let us know.
New Stanford Environmental-Science Building Uses Its Own Standards, Not LEED's
A cutaway image of Stanford’s new Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building (Courtesy of Boora Architects)
The first building in a new Stanford University science and engineering quadrangle will open Tuesday, complete with a long list of features intended to minimize energy use and maximize interaction among scholars. The 166,000-square-foot structure, which will house environmental-science researchers, was designed to the university’s own Stanford Performance Criteria for High Performance Buildings. It is being referred to as “LEED platinum-equivalent.”
As The Stanford Daily reported Wednesday, university officials say the widely-used LEED guidelines, created by the U.S. Green Building Council, are not well suited to campus projects. The university developed the Stanford-specific high-performance criteria along with the new building’s designers, Boora Architects; the landscape-architecture firm Hargreaves Associates; and Arup, the company that designed the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for the new building.
The $70-million facility is called the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building — Y2E2, for short. It is expected to use 56 percent less energy than a comparable building of conventional design, and 90 percent less water. Among its features are high-performance windows, sunshades, and extensive use of daylight and natural ventilation. The architects expect that Stanford will save enough on utility bills to recover the additional cost of the building’s high-tech features in under seven years.
Rather than serve as a home to specific departments, the building will house researchers working in five areas: fresh water, energy and climate systems, land use and conservation, oceans and estuaries, and sustainable built systems. It is the first structure in a new quadrangle that is expected to have a total of 550,000 square feet of teaching and research space. The quadrangle extends Stanford’s original master plan, created in the 1880s by Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect, and the Boston architecture firm Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge, successors to Henry Hobson Richardson’s practice.
The new quadrangle continues a major axis of Stanford’s original quadrangle arrangement, visible in the upper portion of this photograph. (Courtesy of Boora Architects)
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Very interesting project. I would like to know more about the systems of construction that the Professionals used to build the building. What kind of materials? Thanks.
— Sylvain Gagnon Feb 29, 02:03 PM #
Hi Sylvain, I am with BOORA Architects, the architects of the Y2E2 building. We would be happy to answer any specific questions you have about the systems and materials used in Y2E2. You can get our contact information from our website, www.boora.com. When you call, ask for Brandon. If you would prefer to email your questions, our receptionist can give you my email address. Thanks for your interest!
— Brandon G. Sprague Mar 17, 11:33 AM #