A new two-story, 23,300-SF chemistry and biotechnology laboratory building featuring eight total labs (biotech, bioprocessing, tissue culture, general chemistry, standard chemistry and organic chemistry), two classrooms, staff areas and service rooms on the MiraCosta College Oceanside campus. The structure also includes adjacent site work consisting of a new quad area. Building features include exposed buckling restrained braced frames; exposed structural steel framing and dovetail metal deck at second-floor areas; a wrap-around balcony walkway; a cast-in-place concrete and steel feature stair with a pop-up roof; perforated screen walls and metal sun shading walls.Â
Awards:
2025 Merit Design Award, Awarded by AIA San Diego
2025 Project Achievement Award for Education Projects from $25-$50 Million, Awarded by CMAA San Diego
HED – Harley Ellis Devereaux
2025
23,300 SF
San Diego, CA
A new two-story, 23,300-SF chemistry and biotechnology laboratory building featuring eight total labs (biotech, bioprocessing, tissue culture, general chemistry, standard chemistry and organic chemistry), two classrooms, staff areas and service rooms on the MiraCosta College Oceanside campus. The structure also includes adjacent site work consisting of a new quad area. Building features include exposed buckling restrained braced frames; exposed structural steel framing and dovetail metal deck at second-floor areas; a wrap-around balcony walkway; a cast-in-place concrete and steel feature stair with a pop-up roof; perforated screen walls and metal sun shading walls.Â
Awards:
2025 Merit Design Award, Awarded by AIA San Diego
2025 Project Achievement Award for Education Projects from $25-$50 Million, Awarded by CMAA San Diego
HED – Harley Ellis Devereaux
2025
23,300 SF
San Diego, CA
