Steinberg Hart's Career Education Complex features aluminum panels and passive shading
The Career Education Complex at San José City College has been finalized by Steinberg Hart, showcasing aluminum panels and rounded overhangs that provide passive shading. The building's facade features fritted glass to minimize solar heat gain, supported by Y-columns with a GFRG shell. These overhangs create shaded areas and plazas, while the lecture hall soffit is equipped with speakers. This initiative was financed through the Measure X bond program, which designated $748,000,000 for enhancements at both San José City College and Evergreen Valley College. Following an RFP from the San José Evergreen Community College District in 2020, Steinberg Hart and Flint Builders were chosen. Key collaborators include Verde Design, Miyamoto International, Interface Engineering, Siegfried, and Bagatelos Architectural Glass Systems.
Key facts
- Steinberg Hart designed the Career Education Complex for San José City College.
- The facade features ribbon-like aluminum panels and fritted glass for passive shading.
- Y-columns with GFRG shell support the building unobtrusively.
- Overhangs create plazas, shaded areas, terraces, and extend interior spaces.
- Speakers are installed in the soffit above the lecture hall.
- The project is part of the Measure X bond program ($748,000,000).
- Steinberg Hart and Flint Builders were selected in 2020.
- Design director Edmund Rivera commented on the facade design.
Entities
Artists
- Edmund Rivera
Institutions
- Steinberg Hart
- San José City College
- San José Evergreen Community College District
- Flint Builders
- Verde Design
- Miyamoto International
- Interface Engineering
- Siegfried
- Bagatelos Architectural Glass Systems
- Kingspan
- Brailsford & Dunlavey
- Cupertino Electric, Inc.
- NV5
- Commercial Controls Corporation
Locations
- San José
- United States