This CSUN Chaparral Hall Science Building located in Northridge California, the Chaparral Science Hall building was designed by Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design. This 90,000 sf Science Teaching Building housing wet research, teaching and computation labs; core facilities, a vivarium, faculty administrative offices and classrooms. The building is comprised of two distinctive clusters that separate the research from teaching facilities. Faculty offices link the two clusters together, creating communal and collaborative space. The complex encompasses a four-story, outdoor lobby and plaza and a three-level outdoor public staircase which facilitates circulation to the teaching labs located on the upper floors, serves to orientate visitors, and promotes social interaction. A plaza facing the Botanical Gardens offers the students quiet space for study and reflection. A continuous outdoor covered walkway enables pedestrian circulation around the facility while visually connecting the Science Complex and the Campus.
