George Washington University Opens Science and Engineering Hall

George Washington University opened the $275 million Science and Engineering Hall in March of 2015 in Washington, D.C. Located on the Foggy Bottom campus, the 500,000-sf interdisciplinary facility provides classrooms, integrated core facilities, and collaborative research spaces. Designed by Ballinger, the facility houses laboratories for biomedical engineering, nanofabrication, molecular genetics, imaging, and environmental engineering. The three-story high bay lab will support structural testing for large-scale construction components. The Science and Engineering Hall features a four-story block of 1,000-sf teaching labs vertically stacked at the center of the building. Enclosed by glass on three sides, this "teaching tower" includes labs for software engineering, circuitry, and robotics. Six of the building's 14 floors are below ground and were constructed with robust vibration mitigation technologies. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility, which features energy recovery wheels, chilled beams, a water recycling system, and a green roof.