Nestled among the redwoods on forested acreage marked by the ridges and ravines inherent to Northern California, the University of California, Santa Cruz’s (UCSC’s) new Kresge College Academic Center features a unique approach to hybrid design and construction different from the typical “steel-beams-and-timber-slab” hybrid model.
Working collaboratively with the design architect and contractor, MKA created a structural design that bridged the gap between vision and reality, historic and modern, and mass timber and hybrid systems.
MKA’s Alex Wilson and Ian McFarlane detail how MKA’s work on Kresge College’s new Academic Center advances mixed-material projects beyond typical hybrid-timber construction.
See the full article in STRUCTURE Magazine here.