Columbia University Builds Jerome L. Greene Science Center

Columbia University is building the 450,000-sf Jerome L. Greene Science Center in New York City. Designed by Renzo Piano, the interdisciplinary facility will promote creative collaboration among scientists with inviting interaction areas and laboratories arranged in connected quadrants. The Greene Science Center is the first structure on Columbia's 17-acre Manhattanville campus and is funded in part by a $250 million donation. The sustainably designed project will feature sophisticated lighting controls, chilled beams, radiant flooring, a reflective roof, a high-performance building envelope, and a perimeter shading system activated by rooftop solar sensors. The nine-story building will house the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, a neuroscience research hub that will eventually accommodate 1,000 investigators. Occupancy is expected in fall of 2016.