LACCD Los Angeles Mission College Center for Math & Science

The Center for Math & Science on the Los Angeles Mission College is an educational facility consisting of two separate three-story buildings acting as one integrated building with a courtyard between them. The buildings contain multipurpose classrooms, a lecture auditorium, life and science laboratories, offices, conference rooms, and other related spaces. Also included was a. The project also includes a one-story central plant structure and a campus sheriff’s station. The structural design considered the close proximity to the Aquilst-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone located just south of the building. The location of the building is immediately adjacent to the recommended fault setback zone and resulted in a site specific Short Period Design Spectral Acceleration (SDS) of 2.0.