The renovation and addition to the Andrew G. Clark building brings the university’s most utilized academic building from its storied past into modern times. The existing building will see accessibility improvements, new energy efficient glazing around the entire façade, and long overdue upgrades to the MEP systems. It will also receive new finishes throughout the main public spaces, restrooms, and entire basement level. By upgrading this portion of the building instead of demolishing it, CSU will significantly reduce the embodied carbon associated with building an entirely new structure.

The new addition to the Clark building will add tens of classrooms, seminar rooms, laboratories that vary in size to accommodate nearly every teaching modality and class size the university envisions. Additionally, group study rooms will be distributed throughout the building on each level to foster collaboration amongst students, faculty, something the current building lacks. A 300-person tiered group lecture room will provide new technology and various teaching systems to foster better group learning. Two public terraces will allow students to gather with views to nature. Finally, the new building stitches the existing buildings together and provides accessible routes to all points of the building with clear wayfinding. Thousands of students, faculty, and staff will study in, work in, and visit this building each year and continue to expand the knowledge and connections formed within.