Berkeley City College is a LEED certified building in a downtown urban setting serving a diverse and vibrant community.
murakami/Nelson designed 24,000 sf of new and remodeled space within the existing building shell. The project was divided into three phases to minimize impact on the users, provide much needed surge space, and permit the college to continue its daytime, evening, and weekend class schedule during construction. murakami/Nelson worked with the individual departments to refine and prioritize their needs and develop programmatic solutions to the challenges of this build out. When completed this project will include 4 additional classrooms with operable walls, a 3,000 sf 90 seat tiered lecture hall, three science laboratory classrooms with support spaces, two art studios, a multimedia studio for video producti on and digital photography, and expansion of faculty offices and student services spaces. All the improvements are planned to honor the sustainable goals of the Peralta Community College District.