SDSU Uaxaca Hall

The new student residence hall on the campus of San Diego State University includes housing for more than 800 students, along with a market and coffee component that serves Uaxaca Hall and Chapultepec Hall. Uaxaca Hall offers double and triple occupancy rooms, and apartments for the residential education staff. The hall includes multipurpose rooms, faculty offices, study areas, lounges, and a community kitchen. Student amenities include 24-hour front desk security, a mail room, indoor bike storage, laundry facilities, trash and recycling chutes, and outdoor courtyard space to enjoy the San Diego weather. The project consists of 205,000 gross square footage of residential, outdoor, and market space. This includes 170,000 interior square feet, 4,300 square feet Market/Coffee component, and a 3,850 square feet community center.

Mechanical systems include high efficiency boilers, 100% outside air units and four piped fan coils. Each student room is equipped with a dedicated four-pied fan coil and high efficient EC motors. The market and community center are served by a VAV air handle and uses demand control ventilation to reduce overall energy usage.

Plumbing systems include sanitary waste and vent, grease waste, domestic cold and hot water, storm drain, and gas systems. Domestic water booster pump have been provided to increase water pressure. Solenoid gas valves are provided for emergency shut-down.

Sustainable features include variable air volume, variable speed pumps, demand control ventilation, demand limiting response, ultra low-flush plumbing fixtures, MERV 14 air filtration, and utility metering for energy monitoring. The project is expected to achieve LEEDv4 NC Silver Certification.