John McGuire, Architect
Architecture & Urban Design
University of San Francisco
Completed:.2013 / LEED Gold Certified
City: San Francisco
Size: 55,000 SF
John Lo Schiavo, S.J., Center for Science and Innovation
Challenge - The Lo Schiavo Center for Science and Innovation (LCSI) provides an enhanced teaching environment and knits the campus core together. Since the University had not built a new science building in forty years, they built a significant building which is both sensitive to the campus community and represents the culture of Jesuit education.
John understands how new buildings can contribute to campus-making and support the University's broader mission. John recognized the characteristics and opportunities of the LCSI site that is adjacent to existing major campus pathways which connect science education with day-to-day campus life. John McGuire, as Practice Leader for Science & Education at NBBJ, oversaw the construction effort confirming the new building would accommodate existing conditions, address stakeholder and community concerns, and meet or exceed client expectations.
Selected Publications
SFGate
USF’s science center’s new digs go sleekly underground
John King, January 2014
San Francisco Business Times
USF opening $54 million science and innovation center
Ron Leuty, September 26, 2013
Curbed
USF’s $60 Million Science Center Increases Their Self-Esteem
Andy J. Wang, September 2009
San Francisco Business Times
University of San Francisco to break ground on $60M science center
Ron Leuty, June 2008
Project with NBBJ