University of California Davis, Robert Mondavi Food and Wine Institute

LOCATION

Davis, Calif.

OWNER

University of California, Davis

ARCHITECT

Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca Partnership

SERVICES PROVIDED

General Contracting

PROJECT DATA

• The three separate structure buildings encompass approximately 131,000 square feet, including 75,000 square feet for classrooms, laboratories, offices and meeting rooms.
• The north and south wings house, respectively, the departments of Viticulture and Enology and Food Science and Technology.
• A third building houses offices and conference space.
• This building also houses a state-of- the-art sensory facility.
• The 3,500-square-foot sensory theater accommodates 50-70 attendees and has impressive multimedia capabilities.
• The facility also includes kitchen laboratories and individual sensory testing stations for teaching and research.
• In this state-of-the-art facility, faculty offer students a wider education and more courses in food/beverage sensory science than any other university in the world.