The University of Connecticut’s ocean-front Avery Point campus on Long Island Sound recently dedicated the University’s new Marine Sciences building. The 140,000-sf structure, designed by The S/L/A/M Collaborative of Glastonbury, Conn., contains research and teaching labs (including four “clean” chemistry labs), support facilities, offices, conference and seminar spaces, saltwater fluid dynamics labs, computer labs, and classrooms.
Northern Kentucky University’s new Natural Science Building is under construction, with completion scheduled for fall 2002. HERA, Inc., of St. Louis, has provided lab planning and design services for the four-story facility, which was designed by Omni Architects of Lexington, Ky. The building will function as a collaborative learning center for the departments of biology, chemistry, physics, and geology. It will feature adaptable lab spaces and a mix of department labs and offices on each floor.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has new Learning Laboratories for complex systems. Designed by Cambridge Seven Associates, the renovated and expanded 50,000-sf historic Daniel Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory (Building 33) now provides highly flexible and open space for student/faculty team work on projects of varying size and complexity. The 6,000-sf three-story Hangar supports work on unusually large-sized aerospace assignments and independent student projects. William A.
The University of California, Merced, will occupy a newly-completed 68,000, five-story office building "University Square" in Bakersfield. The Kern County Superintendent of Schools is also a tenant. Classrooms occupy the first two floors, with the upper floors housing support offices. An adjacent parking structure is also part of the project designed by Ware Malcomb of Irvine, Calif. The developer is The Allen Group. The general contractor was S.C. Anderson Inc. of Bakersfield.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is planning several new academic facilities. The Ray and Maria Stata Center for Computer Information and Intelligence Sciences will unite computer science and electrical engineering programs in a 447,000-sf building scheduled for completion in 2004. The Dreyfus Building, housing the chemistry department, will be gutted and renovated by 2003. Student housing for about 1,000 students will be provided in two new dorms. The 130,000-sf Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center is scheduled to open in 2002.
The University of North Carolina-Charlotte has selected Perkins & Will to design a $23.1 million, 70,000-sf graduate research complex at the new Charlotte Institute for Technology Innovation; construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2002. A $26.1 million, 103,000-sf general classroom facility, designed by LS3P, will also commence construction at the same time.
Strayer University has plans to expand and relocate its 1,200-student Arlington campus to a planned three-story building located on top of the Court House Metro station. The university will occupy the top two floors (30,000 sf) of the 54,000-sf building. The project, which is set to open in fall of 2002, is under development by the Arlington-based Jenco Group. Construction is expected to get under way in fall 2001.
The University of North Carolina-Charlotte began construction in July 2001 on a new 184,000-sf, $33.2-million Science and Technology building, part of a seven-building expansion of the 1.2 million-sf campus to a total of 2 million sf. At build-out, enrollment is expected to increase from the current 17,000 students to 25,000 students.
Tufts University's Jeharis Familly Center for Biomedical and Nutrition Research is under construction at the University's Boston campus. The $65 million, 175,000-sf structure will house the School of Nutrition and Science Policy as well as biomedical research space. Completion is anticipated in summer of 2002. Architectural Resources Cambridge, Inc., of Cambridge, designed the building. Tufts has a $9 million psychology building under construction at its Medford campus. The 35,000-sf facility is slated for completion in fall 2001.
The University of Texas is renovating and expanding three buildings at its main campus in Austin. The $40 million project will involve Benedict, Mezes, and Batts halls, linking the structures with new construction and modernizing existing classrooms. The new Austin office of 3D/I is in charge of the project, which is slated for completion in approximately two years.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has selected Atlanta-based Lord, Aeck & Sargent to provide architectural services for the renovation of the Medical School’s Burnett-Womack Clinical Sciences Building. The company will serve as consultant to Newcomb & Boyd Engineers for the $25-million renovation, which will focus on upgrading the facility to current lab planning standards as well as creating a large, open lab to promote interdisciplinary research among departments.
Dartmouth College is renovating and expanding its campus science facilities. The 270,000-sf, multi-phased project, designed by Centerbrook Architects of Centerbrook, Ct., and managed by Boston-based George B.H. Macomber Company, provides state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities for a four-building complex including Steele Laboratory, Wilder Laboratory, and Fairchild Tower and the Fairchild Building. Steele Laboratory will undergo complete internal renovations and a new mechanical penthouse will be added.
The University of Evansville’s Koch Center for Engineering and Science 33,0000-sf addition was recently completed by Holabird & Root of Chicago. The addition creates a new façade and new atrium for the building. The final phase of the project will bring a complete renovation of the existing Center and will house teaching and research labs, faculty offices, and support spaces. Completion is scheduled for spring 2002.
George Mason University Foundation has received approval for construction of a seven-story office building with a six-story, underground parking structure in Virginia Square. The $60 million project will sit on nearly two acres and provide 192,500-sf for office space and 13,275 sf of retail space on the building’s first floor. Above- and below-ground parking will accommodate 671 vehicles. The foundation uses private tenant lease money for acquisition and construction costs, selling or donating the building to the university when the project has been paid for.
