Setback for Air

The form of the building was also affected by the adjacent buildings.  

The existing hospital has a large in-take area for their ventilation system on the side facing the Cancer Center.  

In order to allow proper airflow, the new building had to be a particular distance away from the in-take.  

The result was that the Cancer Center’s 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th floors have a smaller floor plate than the 1^st , 2^nd and 3^rd floors as they step back from the existing building.

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Fall 2002 Department of Architecture
UC Berkeley