AGGIE SQUARE
status_completetype_higher ed.role_ sd-dd, caContext: *ZGF and Wexford Science + Technology partnered with the University of California, Davis to design and build a hub adjacent to the Sacramento medical campus where higher education, industry, and government can come together for the betterment of the community. The result is Aggie Square: an innovation district and ecosystem where companies, researchers, students, and faculty work side-by-side with the common goal of accelerating discovery.
Design: *The design of Aggie Square knits together welcoming public spaces and pedestrian-focused development into the heart of a major research hospital. By placing academic researchers and private industry on the same floor, the design breaks down traditional silos to drive real-world impact.
Responsibilities: Digital modeling, design iteration, physical models, fenestration studies, solar analysis, heat mapping, phasing diagrams, sustainability diagrams, test fits, rendering, presentation packages, sd/dd documentation set, ve exercise, punch walks, rfi/submittal review.
*text from zgf website
overall axon, south west (housing & alice waters designed by another firm)
overall plan
south paseo towards office tower
tower process
south paseo process
sacramento porch context
podium design iteration
concept alice waters institute
study model
north paseo towards labs
heat-map facade study
west elevation of labs
east office tower final photography
phase one final photography
