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Successful Planning of Interdisciplinary Science Facilities
At the inception of a new interdisciplinary science building, bricks-and-mortar considerations must take a back seat to a big-picture view of issues related to organization, funding, governance, and the long-range vision of the institution. The resolution of these issues early on leads to projects that are more successful—not necessarily in terms of cost savings, but in the essential criterion of aligning a new facility with specific academic strengths and the broader institutional mission.
State University of New York, Buffalo State, Science Building No. 15
SUNY Buffalo State has completed the second phase of a three-phase project that will transform its science education facilities by consolidating multiple science departments into a single facility, establishing a hub for the STEM curriculum. Originally built in 1962, the 171,000-sf Science Building No. 15 undertook a $107 million expansion project to create a science complex that is one of the few interdisciplinary facilities in the SUNY system.
Eastman’s Revised Workspace Model for New Corporate Business Center
Eastman’s new corporate business center models collaborative design in process and form. The 296,000-sf facility, located at the corporate headquarters in Kingsport, Tenn., houses more than 100 shared meeting spaces, with state-of-the art technology, revised workspace designs, and several areas where employees can greet visitors or work away from their desks.
Learned Hall Engineering Expansion Phase 2 (LEEP2)
The University of Kansas has completed the second phase of a major expansion of its engineering facilities to accommodate a 50 percent increase in the number of engineering graduates. The Learned Hall Engineering Expansion Phase 2 (LEEP 2) completes the new engineering complex by connecting two existing buildings: Learned Hall, built in 1963, and the Measurement, Materials and Sustainable Environment Center (M2SEC), completed in 2012.
“Super Lab” Improves Student Learning, Challenges Faculty Adaptability
The “Super Lab,” opened in 2015 at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), in Sydney, Australia, can host more than 200 students in up to five different lab classes simultaneously. With several sessions held each day, the Super Lab sees 2,500 to 3,000 student entries per week, a figure that, for a single lab space, is “rather horrifying to academics at first face value,” says Bill Booth, laboratory operations manager at UTS.