2018 AIASF Design Awards
Architecture Award of Merit
UCSB, SAN JOAQUIN APARTMENTS AND
PRECINCT IMPROVEMENTS
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP
Tenaya Towers are part of a larger masterplan emphasizing robust environmental sustainability and academic and social life through strategic placement of circulation and program disposition within discrete neighborhoods. Tenaya’s paired towers frame an active central green, extending its social life vertically with light-filled exterior stairs, circulation, and stacked commons spaces.
The screened terrace wall produces remarkable effects given its
restrained simplicity of pattern and detail. The elegance is not something typically achieved in student housing, but here is a reminder that great design is achievable across project types and budgets. The plan is very inventive, providing living arrangements that engender community and inclusion without sacrificing the possibility of introverted space.
DESIGN TEAM:
ARCHITECT: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT: Daly Genik Architects
ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT: Kieran Timberlake
ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT: Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Harper Construction
DEVELOPER: University of California, Santa Barbara
LANDSCAPE: TLS Landscape Architecture
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
CIVIL ENGINEER: Sherwood Design Engineers
STRUCTURAL / MEP ENGINEER: Buro Happold
LIGHTING: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
ACOUSTICS: Newson Brown Acoustics
FOOD SERVICES: Webb Design
CODE ANALYSIS: Jensen Hughes
PHOTOGRAPHY: Bruce Damonte Photography
