Designing Next-Generation Engineering Spaces at UC San Diego's Franklin Antonio Hall

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Join us for a tour of Franklin Antonio Hall, a striking addition to the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering that blends advanced research functionality with cutting-edge architectural design.


Designed by Perkins&Will, this 186,000 sq. ft. building features flexible, open-plan "collaboration neighborhoods" that break down traditional departmental silos, fostering innovation across engineering, data science, and life sciences. As a high-performance, LEED Platinum-certified facility, it also incorporates sustainable strategies that underscore the university's environmental commitments.


As you'll see, Franklin Antonio Hall provides a model for how academic architecture can catalyze cross-disciplinary innovation and academic community engagement.






Mode of Transportation: Bus

Learning Objectives

1. Learn about the site strategies utilized to conserve water and resources and to create an ecological buffer area along the environmentally sensitive habitat area surrounding the site.
2. Discuss passive and active sustainable strategies incorporated in the massing, façade systems, and mechanical systems.
3. Review various design solutions that were incorporated within the collaborative design to foster the next generation of engineering research.
4. See how the engineering building serves as a learning environment to teach students about various structural and tectonic systems, materials, and assemblies.

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