NYA provided structural engineering services for the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, a six-story, 189,000-square-foot interdisciplinary research facility at University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles. The structural design responds to the complex demands of advanced laboratory research while serving as an integral component of the building’s architectural expression.

Due to limited site availability on campus, portions of the building span above an existing parking structure using long-span steel trusses extending 188 feet. These trusses create an interstitial level for mechanical systems, providing flexibility for future research needs, and are supported by braced-frame tower structures that also house vertical circulation.

The facility includes multiple levels of laboratory space, with the most vibration-sensitive equipment located on the lower floors supported by a reinforced waffle slab system for enhanced stiffness and vibration control. Additional program elements include a 260-seat auditorium, conference spaces, and pedestrian bridges suspended from the primary structural system within the central courtyard.

Structural Engineering Services: Structural engineering design, long-span steel truss systems, laboratory vibration control structures, braced frame towers, advanced research facility structural engineering.

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