Capital Strategies

Project Background

Renovations were made to the existing Dwinelle Annex, including seismic and life-safety improvements, to create Creekside Center. Creekside Center is the new home for the Disabled Students' Program (DSP). With the completion of this project, for the first time in its 60-year history, DSP has a space that is specifically designed for the needs of its community. This project  created new office space and common meeting areas for DSP, in addition to making accessibility improvements throughout the building.

DSP is an integral part of the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The program promotes an inclusive environment for students with disabilities and equips those students with appropriate accommodations and services to achieve their academic goals. Over the past three years, DSP has grown to serve nearly 4,100 students, outgrowing its existing spaces in several other campus buildings. The Dwinelle Annex renovation creates a central location for the program that consolidates services in a secure building, improves departmental collaboration and student access to their services, and accommodates future program needs and expansion.

Creekside Center is a wood frame building designed by John Galen Howard that was built and expanded at three different times in 1920, 1924, and 1949. This project rehabilitated the two-story structure within the existing building footprint and made efficient use of the central corridor for access to all spaces. All windows were replaced with new aluminum-clad wood windows for performance and finish. The northeast entrance was renewed with fresh landscaping, a new pathway to the main entrance, and a signage wall that improves legibility and wayfinding. Inside the building, this project provides approximately 8,800 gross square feet of renewed space that supports DSP program requirements, including improvements to offices, meeting spaces, circulation, and entry.

The project is projected to take about one year to complete.