Project Date: 2005

Working with UCLA Capital Programs and the Architectural Planning and Design firm of Bohlin, Cywinski, Jackson, the Urban Simulation Team constructed a model of the existing conditions of Hershey Hall and its surroundings as well as the proposed Life Sciences Replacement Building. The team's model was used in part for design tweaking, the preparation of the Environmental Impact Report, and the submittal package to the UC Board of Regents Committee on Grounds and Buildings for approval.

The project centers around the proposed construction of a five story replacement laboratory building for the Life Sciences Program of the College of Letters and Science. Work would involve demolition of the non-historic portion of Hershey Hall to create a site for construction of the building at the corner of Manning Drive and Charles E. Young Drive East on the UCLA campus. The building would provide approximately 185,000 square feet of laboratory and office space for the existing program including approximately 25,000 square feet for new life sciences research initiatives. Following completion of the LSRB, Hershey Hall would be renovated in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.