Along the south side of the Caltech campus in Pasadena,  site prep is underway for the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Center for Quantum Precision Measurement.

The project, which is named for donors Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg, calls for the construction of a new offices, labs, and accessory uses in a 65,000-square-foot structure with four above-grade levels and two basement levels.

Street levelHOK

"The proposed buildings are heavily contemporary in style, incorporating angled volumes and modern materials reflective of the site’s proposed usage as a laser laboratory and office," reads a Pasadena city staff report given earlier this year which described HOK's design for the project. "While the style is contemporary, the exterior has been articulated to reference horizontal and vertical cadence patterns seen on the adjacent historic buildings. The four-story building in particular draws from the fenestration patterns, pilasters, and solid-to-void rhythms of Linde Hall and incorporates these rhythms into the glazed curtain wall systems to be used on the building as well as the proposed vertical fins proposed throughout the exterior."

The quantum center, announced by Caltech in early 2022, is to be used to "develop tools and concepts with the potential to influence all areas of science and technology through unprecedented sensing, measurement, and engineering capabilities."

Proposed site of Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Center for Quantum Precision MeasurementGoogle Maps

A project website points to a completion date in 2026.

Other recent additions to the Caltech campus include the new Resnick Sustainability Center.

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