University of California, Berkeley
Moffitt Library Renovation
The transformation of existing library space that creates a hub for undergraduate students and repositions the library as a contemporary center for discovery and innovation.
Information
- Location Berkeley, California
- Size 87,000 SF
- Services Architecture
- Project Type Libraries
The University of California, Berkeley is transforming Moffitt Library—a five-story, concrete brutalist structure completed in 1970—to meet the emerging needs of undergraduate students. The programming and renovation of three floors of Moffitt Library will create a hub for undergraduate students that repositions the library as a contemporary center for discovery and innovation. The purpose of the renovation is to establish a student-centered destination where students can learn, collaborate, make, and reflect. The project creates a range of open and quiet study spaces, collaborative learning, social, and event functions. A re-envisioned entry welcomes students and visitors through a new art and exhibit space. Construction administration on the renovation will be underway in early 2025.
Impact + Innovation
Opened in 1970 as a cutting-edge library for undergraduates, Moffitt Library at UC Berkeley rejected the neoclassical tradition of most campus buildings and was established as an important space for connection and learning on campus. As technology and the nature of pedagogy have evolved, UC Berkeley envisions Moffitt Library as a space that will serve the campus community long into the future.
Process
The renovation of floors 1 –3 will capitalize and improve on the foundations presented by the work completed previously on floors 4 and 5 to create a flexible yet culturally and aesthetically harmonized facility. Bringing students together to learn, create, and connect, the center will be a “collider space” where students flow between multimedia classrooms, collaborative project spaces, hands-on studio space, and peer-to-peer and expert consultation.
People
Team
- Hans Nettelblad
- Janell Rock
- Andrew Mixdorf
- Steve McDowell
- April Darbyshire
- Jeremy Knoll
- Adam Wiechman
- Sarah Hirsch
- Joyce Raybuck
- Greg Sheldon
- Beena Ramaswami
- Jeff Marsch
- Jeremy Nelson
- Rohn Grotenhuis
- Kaylee Drexel
- Ashley Perrin
- Daniel Brown
- Gretchen Holy
- Matthew Lechowicz
- Matthew Porreca
- Cisy Cao
Client
University of California - Berkeley
