Academic Buildings

A campus core consists of an ensemble of academic buildings. Each of these academic buildings is a home, where people spend impactful time engaged in personal and group discovery. When there is visual interaction, with the use of glass and open staircases, visitors see and understand the “learning culture” of an institution. Architecture creates a sense of community by being open and engaging. 

By carefully renovating, demolishing and replacing, and adding on, these buildings signal this learning culture and the campus core evolves to attract faculty, staff and students. 

Robustness and future-proofing are hallmarks of an academic science / engineering building. Having a robust shell and core, and a regular, modular cadence of columns and services allows growth and change for future generations.