Princeton University Andlinger Center for Energy & the Environment / Programming Study

Owner

Princeton University

Office of Design and Construction

MacMillan Building, Princeton, n J 08544

Michael e . McKay, Vice President for Facilities

ron McCoy, faia, University Architect

John Hlafter, faia, University Architect (ret.)

natalie w. Shivers, aia, Associate University Architect for Planning

Anne St. Mauro, Director

Sam rozycki, aia, Senior Project Manager

Mark e . w ilson, aia, Program Manager

Sharon r warkala, Assistant Manager

S CHOO l OF e ngineering

& A PP lie D S C ien C e

Harold V. Poor, Ph.D., Dean

Pablo g. Debenedetti, Ph.D., Vice-Dean

Steering C OMM ittee

emily Carter, Ph.D. (mae)

Pablo g. Debenedetti, Ph.D. (seas), Chair

Claire gmachl, Ph.D. (ee)

Harold V. Poor, Ph.D. (seas)

rick register, Ph.D. (che)

ignacio rodriguez- i turbe, Ph.D. (cee)

James C. Sturm, Ph.D. (prism, ee)

Ar CH ite C t/Pl A nner

Davis Brody Bond Aedas

315 Hudson Street, 9th Floor

n ew York, nY 10013

tel (212) 633 4700 / fax (212) 633 4760

www.davisbrodyaedas.com

Carl F.

Executive Summary

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment will expand upon the existing strengths of Princeton University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and will introduce significant specialized laboratory space at the Engineering Quadrangle (E-Quad). A neighborhood of new and renovated facilities at the SEAS will support research initiatives addressing a broad range of sustainable energy and environmental challenges.

The Andlinger Center will include a new 110,000 sf building, the renovation of 86 Olden (formerly known as Carl Fields Center, and as Osborn Clubhouse), and enhanced connections to Bowen Hall. The E-wing of the Engineering Quad, the current home of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, is a vital part of the Andlinger Center neighborhood.

The Center will provide shared laboratory facilities including nano-fabrication and clean room space, an imaging center, and labs for research involving photonics, energy storage, energy and environmental systems, and solar cell technology. On-site office space for the Center’s director and faculty will ensure leadership and success to the mission of the Center. The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment will be an iconic addition to the Princeton Campus as well as the academic and scientific communities it will support.

Objectives

The Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment will support a vibrant and expanding program of research and teaching in the areas of sustainable energy development, energy conservation, and environmental protection and remediation. Working closely with scientists and policy analysts across the University, the Center will pursue these studies with an eye towards translating fundamental knowledge into practical solutions that will enable sustainable energy production and the protection of the environment from dangerous anthropogenic change. The Center will be located in a neighborhood within the Engineering School, in a new state-of-the-art research facility and in existing space. The new facility must embrace the principles of the 2008 Campus Plan and transform a site burdened with unsatisfactory campus planning conditions into one that achieves a standard of excellence consistent with the best Princeton campus traditions

The primary design goals include the following:

• Education — To create a facility that will attract, inspire and educate the current and future generations of leaders in the areas of energy and the environment.

• Research — To create a state-of-the-art sharedfacility research building with materials for energy and the environment as a unifying theme, and to optimize synergies between the new facility and existing related academic and research units, such as the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment ( MIrTHE) Engineering research Center. rooftop laboratory activities will be a distinctive aspect of the new building.

• Sustainability — To create a design that is fundamentally imbued with the ethos of sustainability. Through state-of-the-art instrumentation, the new facility and landscape should be a laboratory for the built environment.

• Identity — To create a distinctive, visible and identifiable center for research and teaching dedicated to translating fundamental knowledge into practical solutions that will enable sustainable energy production and the protection of the environment and to engage occupants and visitors through exposure to research and innovation.

• Outreach — To create a premier forum for academic conferences and events on energy and the environment. To establish a vigorous program of industrial and academic visitors.

• Context — To embrace and transcend the challenging context presented by the existing E-Quad, Bowen Hall, and 86 Olden.

• Connectivity — To enhance the functionality and quality of connectivity between the E-Quad, Bowen Hall and 86 Olden and to enhance the space efficiency of Bowen Hall.

Program

A space program was developed through the course of multiple interviews with representatives from SEAS and the University with a specific interest in the objectives of the Andlinger Center. In many cases these interviews involved potential tenants of the new

building or Bowen. However a wide range of people contributed to other aspects of the project, responding to questions about the roles of teaching space, visitors and outreach, and the concerns of graduate students. During the interviews many opportunities for sharing similar spaces were identified and pursued.

The planning study identified a total of approximately 75,096 nsf of program space to meet the requirements of the Center. The majority of the program consists of specialized laboratories (50%) and general laboratory space (23%). In summary:

Nano-Fabrication / Clean room 27,883 nsf

Imaging Center 9,889 nsf

Other research Labs 17,474 nsf

Teaching Spaces

Admin, Faculty, Graduate Students

nsf

nsf

Conference Center 5,870 nsf

Building Support and Connections 4,040 nsf

Total 75,096 nsf

Building Total (at 1.67) 125,410 gsf

Site and Building Strategy

The planning strategy for the Andlinger Center addresses three initial concerns:

• Achieving the unique spatial and technical requirements of major program areas (large floor plates, vibration, and light control, clean room criteria) and creating an environment for creative collaboration, and interdisciplinary research.

• Using the new facility to connect and reconnect the more distant reaches of the SEAS, including, especially, Bowen Hall.

• Integrating a major new facility into the site in a way that is cost effective and supports the goals of the Campus Plan.

The site strategy identifies a development area to the south of the existing Engineering Quad bounded by Bowen Hall, the A-wing, the E-wing, and 86 Olden. The majority of the Andlinger Center will reside in newly constructed space, not to exceed 110,000 gsf, in this development area.

The plan diagrams in this study show a belowgrade structure with specialized labs on two levels

(though a one-level space also merits study) extending between the A-wing and Bowen Hall. Above grade there is a three-story addition to Bowen Hall containing more typical laboratory, office, and support spaces. A connection to the existing loading dock via elevator and below-grade service corridor, as well as a bridge connection to the 200 level of the E-Quad are integral to the building strategy.

The strategy assumes that 86 Olden will be renovated for use as a Conference Center. This work will include replacement of the 1970s addition to 86 Olden known as Liberation Hall with a new auditorium. In addition, approximately 3,300 nsf of Bowen Hall will be re-assigned and renovated for programs of the Andlinger Center.

Several site options can be explored in subsequent design phases — comparative analysis of a compact two level basement versus a larger single level floor plate below grade. There are also alternate configurations of the above grade addition to Bowen, which can further evaluate the issues of alignment and connectivity between new floors and the existing floors of Bowen Hall.

The design of the new Andlinger Center complex must address a diverse set of objectives including the desire for a strong identity, the requirements of functional and technical criteria, and the need to respond to an established campus context.

The Steering Committee recognizes that there are inherent challenges in these overall goals which will be addressed and reconciled during the design of the project as it moves forward. One major item will be how to incorporate sustainable design elements and energy savings without compromising the technical requirements for research equipment and activities in the building. Another will be how to reconcile the suggested below-grade location of the cleanroom with the School’s desire to showcase and closely integrate the cleanroom with the rest of the Center.

It is our opinion that these issues properly addressed during design will result in a building that fully meets the goals and expectations of the University, the School of Engineering, and the Princeton community at large.

In approaching building concepts Davis Brody Bond Aedas has prioritized the guidance of the Campus Plan, especially with regard to developing open green space and quads reminiscent of the Core

e-Quad

Bowen

86 Olden

Campus. In light of this as well as considerations of vibration control, light control, and building bulk reduction, the DBBA concept locates over half the total new area below grade. However, given the interest in visibility, the Schematic Design Phase might do well to revisit the question.

enabling Projects

There are very few enabling projects required for the Andlinger Center, and they could generally be considered part of the base scope. There will be a need to provide some temporary and permanent utility relocation on the site of the new building. The project also identifies a significant landscape scope of work.

Sustainability and energy

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment presents a special opportunity to integrate cutting-edge green building materials and technologies. The baseline for sustainability and energy performance is established by the Princeton University Design Standards, Sustainable Design Guidelines, which require, at minimum LEED ® Silver equivalency. Princeton has also established its own energy performance goals, which the design will endeavor to meet.

Programs discussions with the SEAS opened numerous prospects for integrating a broad range of environmental sensors, solar cells, and other technologies into the project. The concept of an instrumented building as a pedagogical and experimental tool gained some currency and bears further discussion in the design phases of the project. Appendix D to this report, the SMEP Programming Narrative includes a range of high-performance measures that can be studied further, as well as a draft LEED ® Scorecard.

Schedule

The project anticipates architect selection for the Andlinger Center in December 2008. Design would occur from January 2009 through February 2011. Construction would occur from March 2011 through February 2014.

Bowen Hall

86 Olden

Context Analysis

The context analysis for the Engineering School site originates with the guidelines and analysis developed by the University and published as the Princeton Campus Plan: The Next Ten Years and Beyond, in 2006. The Campus Plan is built upon five guiding principles:

• To maintain a pedestrian oriented campus

• To preserve the park-like setting of the campus

• To maintain existing campus neighborhoods while promoting a sense of campus community

• To develop in an environmentally sustainable manner

• To sustain strong community relations

The University intends to grow within its main campus north of Lake Carnegie. The new Andlinger Center project supports that goal by leveraging existing buildings (Bowen and E-Wing) into an energy and environment “neighborhood,” by replacing a surface parking lot with a new structure, and relocating parking to a less critical site as part of a campus wide strategy.

The contextual analysis diagrams in this section describe the major features of the E-Quad site and neighborhood.

Buildings by type

Academic Admin / Support residential Campus life Athletic

Adapted from Princeton Campus Plan 2006.

Campus neighborhoods

1 Core Campus

2 Prospect Avenue & Williams Street

3 Arts and Transit

4 Natural Sciences

5 Ivy Lane & Western Way

Open greens & Public Art

Open greens Public art

Shuttle Bus routes route Stop

Primary Vehicular Circulation

Major parking

Proposed major parking

Primary routes

Campus Organization

The Campus Plan places the Engineering School at the north-east corner of the University, where it defines an edge and limit to the campus, and beyond which there will likely not be further expansion. Major areas of student housing and campus life occur well to the west, mixed-use retail to the north and west, and academic building complexes to the immediate west and south. To that end the Engineering School functions as a destination, and does not experience significant non-

engineering foot traffic through its site. The one exception is the eating clubs on Prospect Avenue which draw non-engineering students to this area.

Campus Circulation and Access

Because the School of Engineering occupies a fairly developed site at the north-eastern corner of the campus, it benefits from a well-established infrastructure of pedestrian circulation, public transport, vehicular roadways and bike paths. recent projects such

Pedestrian & Bike Circulation

Pedestrian walkways Designated bike paths as proposed by master plan

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Circulation

Pedestrian walkways

Pedestrian routes

Enhanced pedestrian connection as proposed by Campus Plan

as Shapiro Walk and enhanced connections southward (proposed) between the eating clubs, will improve pedestrian connections to the School of Engineering.

Campus Open Space and l andscape

The Core Campus area is characterized a network of open greens with large trees bordered by buildings, traversed by modest diagonal paths, larger processional walks, and public sculpture. Many campus green spaces have open corners and offer a choice of

routes and destinations, and encourage activity in the public spaces. The E-Quad shares some of these qualities, but does not promote use or movement through the quadrangle it forms.

The Engineering Quad complex is composed of a series of four story narrow wings, forming an effectively closed central courtyard. Size and scale of this courtyard is consistent with many of the public spaces of the Princeton Campus, but its insular nature is very different from the more loosely defined quadrangles found elsewhere on campus.

routes Most traveled

Vehicular Circulation

Shuttle Car Service

Bike Paths & Parking

Bike parking

Designated bike routes as proposed by Campus Plan

Along Olden Street, the defining features of the landscape are the street, the sidewalk, SEAS and ACE entries, a low wall with the landscaped setback, bike parking and outdoor seating west of E-Wing. The interior of the site is defined by surface parking and an under-utilized outdoor space in a bowl-like depression between Bowen Hall and 86 Olden.

Finally, the spatial reading of the site at the south edge and southwest corner is limited by a perimeter brick wall with a major gate on Prospect Ave. opening onto Bowen Hall. The wall and gate speak to the site’s

former use as a playing field. Though the wall presents a significant barrier to opening the site and extending the campus spatial fabric, its historic significance provides some justification for its preservation.

Existing pedestrian walks, bike paths, parking, and shuttle bus routes will serve the ACEE well. Additional bike parking may be added. The existing automobile parking provisions will be reduced by 92 places, to be replaced by parking development elsewhere on campus. People arriving on foot or by shuttle use the main Olden Street entrance or the

E-Quad Analysis

Existing Use Patterns

Social geography Mapping

Grad stud. concentration

Café / seating Lounge / coffee room Lounge

Vertical circulation Circulation Classrooms Building entrances

existing Departmental Mapping (opposite)

EE SEAS Pr ISM MAE CIV OFr E CHE Circulation Building systems

MIrTHE

PCCM Classroom Computer Science Friend Center w/ Engineering Library

interior Circulation

The 200 level contains the main entry as well as primary circulation through the complex.

entrance at the intersection of the A, C, and E wings. Cyclists enter similarly, after parking in racks along Olden Street. Drivers who use the parking garage or lot tend to use secondary entrances at the south end of E-wing, at the 100 level ACE link, near the loading dock, or the lowest level of J-wing. The Prospect Avenue entrance to Bowen Hall is little used, with most access occurring by way of the first floor entrance at the NW corner. There is a strong consensus among SEAS faculty that pedestrian connections to Bowen Hall from the Engineering Quad are poor.

The Campus Plan proposes improved north-south pedestrian connections across Prospect Avenue. These will tie the SEAS and ACEE with the Natural Sciences Neighborhood down the hill.

e xisting Circulation and Social geography

The existing E-Quad complex was built as an academic and research building in the early 1960s. The original construction was comprised of the A, B, C, and D wings, followed by construction of the

E and G wings. The most recent additions are the J-wing and Bowen Hall, built in the 1990s. Von Neumann adjoins the J-wing to the east. The original elongated wings A through D are served by 8 ' wide double-loaded corridors. While the spatial quality of E-Quad circulation is somewhat uninspired, the system of corridors efficiently connects various departments, students, and faculty. The faculty has remarked on the ease of interdepartmental exchange among themselves, and the graduate students of the school.

The E-Quad main entry is at the 200 level, the primary floor for horizontal movement through the complex. This level supports a diverse social geography including the E-Quad Café, graduate student offices, multiple departmental graduate and undergraduate lounges, classrooms, labs, and administrative and faculty offices. By contrast, the 100, 300, and 400 levels are primarily used for faculty labs and offices. The 100 level has a significant component of teaching labs.

In addition to a variety of uses, the pattern of corridors is spatially differentiated at important nodes.

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E-Quad Analysis

Available Space and Zoning

The main entry includes a two-story space with a monumental stair and adjacent café. The A-C-E entry is day lit, and serves as an important secondary entrance. The addition of the G-wing added a double height lobby. The J-wing addition sponsors a tall atrium space, now used for graduate student carrels.

The SEAS comprises six departments. Four of these, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering are housed in the E-Quad complex including Bowen Hall.

SEAS Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a natural tenant of the Andlinger Center, will occupy vacated E-wing space on an ongoing basis beginning in the 2008–09 academic year. Space assignments and uses for E-wing occupancy have occurred separately and in parallel to the work of this programming study. Accordingly, this study does not anticipate using E-wing space for other ACEE program elements.

Bowen Hall

The Steering Committee recommended that most Pr ISM and PCCM space located in Bowen Hall remain undisturbed. Available space in Bowen is limited to lab and office area vacated by the existing imaging center, and loading/service space at the 100 level of the building. (see following plans for explanation of vacated space) Space available for ACEE use in Bowen Hall is about 3,358 nsf. This represents about 5,600 gsf.

86 Olden Street

Bowen Hall level 100

3,029 nsf of available lab

329 nsf of available office

Note: Other levels of Bowen Hall have no available space.

Summary of Available Space

The r FP for the Princeton Center for Energy and the Environment Programming Study identified available space to include:

New construction

110,000 gsf

E-Wing 10,000 gsf

Bowen Hall 24,000 gsf

86 Olden 8,400 gsf

Total 152,400 gsf

86 Olden was built in the early 20th century as the Osborn Clubhouse to support athletic uses adjacent to a sizable playing field on which the SEAS complex stands. In the 1970s, an addition to the Osborn Clubhouse known as Liberation Hall was part of a renovation to repurpose the building as a student center. A large addition to the north (rear) side of the building, Liberation Hall is architecturally incongruous to the original field house. The proposed program calls for the conversion of 86 Olden into a conference facility as part of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. The adaptive reuse will ideally replace Liberation Hall with a 200-seat auditorium, equipped with state-of-the-art audiovisual and video conference capabilities.

In addition to Andlinger Center space already located in the E-wing, as of September 2008, space available for the ACEE is as follows:

New construction

110,000 gsf

E-Wing 0 gsf

Bowen Hall 5,600 gsf

86 Olden 8,400 gsf

Total

Date: 08/27/08

Scale: 1" = 100'

Zoning

During the course of discussions with the SEAS , a strategy for space utilization over time was developed.

e-wing

In the fall of 2008 Or FE (Operations r esearch and Financial Engineering) will relocate to new space west of Olden Street, vacating space in E wing. The

124,000 gsf

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment is located in a Princeton Borough E3 Zoning District. For a complete text of the E3 District requirements, see http://70.168.205.112/princetonborough_nj/lpext. dll?f=templates&fn=site_main-j.htm&2.0.

e-Quad

86 Olden Bowen

r4 E4

E3

E2

The following is a summary of development limits that condition the Concept Design for the ACEE. Generally, buildings will be set back 25' from street lines and lot lines except that:

1. No portion of a building may be erected closer to the public right-of-way or to a lot line than the height of that portion;

2. No uses other than parks, playgrounds, and open parking shall be permitted 250' from r 3 boundary to the east;

3. No buildings may be erected closer to Prospect Avenue than a line set back sixty feet from and running parallel to the McKim, Mead and White Gates for a distance of 40' on each side from the centre point of the Gates.

Building height shall not exceed 39' except within the (larger) area bounded by a 50' setback from the right-of-way lines of Prospect Ave. (south), Olden Street (west); 50' from the SB district line (north) and 250' from the r 3 district line (east) where it may not exceed an elevation of 236'. Screening shall be provided to residences facing Murray Street where necessary.

Floor area existing on April 1, 1990 which is removed or destroyed, may be replaced within the E3 district and is not subject to the floor area square footage limitations below. Up to 300,000 sf of floor area is permitted for uses other than parking garages while up to 140,000 sf of floor area is permitted for a parking garage.

Parking garages east of Olden Street may be converted to another use only if the converted space is to be newly constructed without exceeding the limits on floor area.

New buildings within the E3 district will be designed to deflect all possible light, HVAC noise, and other sounds away from adjacent residential property owners and to comply with Borough Code 17A-365.1 regarding noise and light.

The site will only permanently maintain vehicular thoroughfares that enter and egress from Prospect Ave. and Olden Street. No additional vehicular or bicycle/ pedestrian thoroughfares will ever be constructed onto Murray Place other than the existing extension of McCosh Walk. The site shall not exceed 648 on-site parking spaces exclusive of any on-street parking.

Parking associated with new use or as replacement of spaces existing as of April 1, 1990 shall be provided within the E3 district or in a portion of the E2 district south of Prospect Ave. and east of Washington road.

Location requirements above do not apply to the extent that a certified shuttle system is utilized and connects to parking spaces east of Washington road in adjoining municipalities, as well as to other off-site parking locations.

The University has acknowledged an existing agreement between Princeton University and the borough of Princeton that outlines preliminary approval of 110,000 sf of new construction and 72,000 sf of remaining buildable area. This agreement should be verified as part of the next design phase.

Approximate Borough of Princeton district boundaries

No-New Building Zone set back from E3/r 3 boundary east of Olden and residences west of Murray Place

General Building Zone (height not to exceed 39 ')

Building setback (height not to exceed el. +236') Set back 25' from general building zone perimeter

N.B. Please refer to ‘Subdivision III.E3 Districts’ for complete text of E3 zoning resolution.

Program Summary & Analysis

The space program for the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment developed from the collaboration of the Steering Committee, research Faculty, and the Davis Brody Bond Aedas team. Prior to the current programming study for the ACEE, the SEAS commissioned other studies of possible expansions to the school. While the prior studies were made available as background to this study, the ACEE program began with a blank sheet, and discussions of current and future needs.

To gather information Davis Brody Bond Aedas conducted interviews and meetings with representative SEAS Faculty and the Steering Committee. Discussions included space needs, space criteria, equipment needs, space adjacencies, and the culture of the school. New facilities for the following research areas were addressed:

• Shared Photonics

• Energy Storage

• The Built Environment

• Computational Modeling

• Imaging

• Energy and Environment Systems

• Centralized and Shared Growth

• Micro / Nano Fabrication

• Emerging Technologies

During interviews DBBA distributed lab data sheets which were subsequently returned for inclusion among the project data. Some research groups provided detailed space requirements and plan diagrams to express their space and equipment needs. (See Appendix C). Focused meetings with the Steering Committee allowed the presentation and clarification of preliminary findings. Subsequent conversations with Faculty allowed consolidation of overlapping space requests. Notable elements of the program include:

• The micro-nano lab (cleanroom) and the imaging center occupy about half the net area of the ACEE.

• In all, laboratory space accounts for 73% of ACEE space. A majority of this space is shared.

• An outdoor rooftop lab/testing space is central to the work of the ACEE.

• Spaces are provided for conferences, industry collaboration, and outside visitors as part of the ACEE’s outreach goal.

• Teaching lab space is included in new construction.

• To create a vital new facility, the program includes space for many graduate students and some new faculty labs in the new construction.

r egarding the net to gross ratio: To develop gross areas from net area requests, this study applies a grossing factor of 1.67, which corresponds to a plan efficiency of 60%. Efficiency ratios for laboratory buildings typically range from 55% to 65% depending on a variety of factors including building geometry, diversity of program elements, circulation strategies, and the quantity of lobby and other public space in the building.

The program areas in the adjacent table include net square footage for elements sometimes assigned to the grossing factor. Chase spaces in the clean room, and some service space in the imaging center are included in net areas, as well as the lobby net area. Locating the above grade sections of the new construction adjacent to Bowen Hall reduces the need for stairs and toilets in the new construction and contributes to the plan efficiency of the new work. Together, these facts support a plan efficiency value of 60%.

Program

ExcellentLowVibration (vc-d250µ-in/s)

VeryLowVibr.(vc-c,b500-1,000µ-in/s)

GoodLowVibr. (vc-a,2,000µ-in/s)

CleanroomClass100(iso5)CleanroomClass1000(iso6)CleanroomClass10000(iso7)CleanroomClass100000(iso8)Location/Remarks

Shared TotalASF Quantity UnitASF

ExcellentLowVibration (vc-d250µ-in/s)

VeryLowVibr.(vc-c,b500-1,000µ-in/s)

GoodLowVibr. (vc-a,2,000µ-in/s)

CleanroomClass100(iso5)

CleanroomClass1000(iso6)CleanroomClass10000(iso7)CleanroomClass100000(iso8)Location/Remarks

Building Strategy

Overview

The Concept Design for the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment answers the programmatic and technical requirements developed through the programming process, and the goals of both the Campus Plan, and the Princeton Borough E3 Zoning requirements for context-responsive development that values interplay of buildings, open space and human uses. Distinguishing features of the Concept Design are discussed in this section.

General

Bowen Hall Olden new Construction

entry Orientation

The Concept Design shows a significant new elevation set back from Olden Street. It will be highly visible across a landscaped green bounded by 86 Olden St. on the south, and the E-wing on the north. The ACEE main entry, toward the north end of this west-facing façade presents an excellent opportunity for donor recognition, and is the best location to present the public face of the Center.

Below-grade l abs and Open Space

The program calls for a large clean room and an imaging center with stringent vibration criteria. For efficiency of planning, building services distribution and efficiency of research work process, the clean room is best located on one level. The high-bay requirements for clean room design would present a significant bulk if located at grade, occupying most of the ground plane between Bowen Hall and the A-wing and compromising light and view from existing SEAS spaces.

Enclosedconnector betweenCleanroomand 200LevelE-Quad Outdoor

By contrast, the Concept Design depresses the facility, so its roof becomes a new green quad between Bowen, and the E- and A-wings. Existing parking is displaced. Benefits to the lab itself include temperature stability, acoustic isolation, vibration control, and daylight mitigation/control. The Concept Design locates the imaging center on grade at the lowest level of the building, below the clean room. This is an optimal location for the vibration control imaging instruments require.

Further design efforts should continue to address concerns about protecting spaces that may be located beneath the microfabrication lab from floods and leaks.

Above–grade l abs and Offices near Bowen Hall and e-wing

The Concept Design massing strategy locates new above grade floor area north and west of Bowen Hall. This affords the opportunity for proximate connections to the E-wing via an enclosed bridge at the 200 level, and direct vertical connections to the sub-grade specialty labs. Further, it introduces to Bowen Hall significant population and projects, enlivening the south side of the SEAS precinct with new activity.

A variety of labs, both general purpose wet labs and some shared instrument labs (i.e. photonics) are located in new construction just beyond the north side of Bowen Hall. The Concept Design presents a wing of offices and other spaces west of Bowen Hall, connected at the ground level by an atrium. The floors of the new labs and offices may not align with Bowen floors. Floor heights in Bowen are not ideal for the new lab wing, which should have floor heights on the order of fifteen feet. The Concept Design anticipates joining the new and existing levels with stairs and two-sided elevators.

rooftop lab

In programming discussions SEAS researchers identified needs for roof top space for experiments with an adjacent enclosed instrumentation lab at roof level. Elevator service to the roof is also required, along with stairs. Discussions anticipated the use of the roof as an occasional teaching space in addition to research uses.

Conference Center

SEAS stakeholders voiced needs for a conference center controlled by SEAS with a 200 seat auditorium, breakout, and support spaces, and state-of-the-art audio visual and video conference equipment. The Concept Design proposes replacing Liberation Hall,an existing addition to 86 Olden with a new raked-floor auditorium and renovating the historic building for conference purposes. The massing of the Design Concept locates the new auditorium between 86 Olden and the west wing of the ACEE; it proposes a below-grade connection between the two buildings. The character and location of the conceptual connections bears further study.

Staff and Service Connections

The Concept Design locates a new elevator to service the sub-grade specialty labs levels adjacent to the existing A-wing loading dock. Service corridors at the clean room floor level connect to elevators serving Bowen Hall, and the above grade portions of the new ACEE space. Convenient connections from the J-wingfloors should be further explored, including improved connections at grade.

Design issues

The design of the new Andlinger Center complex must address a diverse set of objectives.

• Identity — The interior and exterior of the new building should endeavor to expose and showcase the full range of active research activities that distinguish the Center, both to the students and faculty of the School of Engineering, and to the broader University community as well. As Princeton’s Center for Energy and the Environment, the integration and expression of sustainable design elements is seen as a major goal of the project.

• Function — The organization and design of the building must also address significant functional and technical requirements necessary for its effective operation and performance, including the need for sophisticated laboratory mechanical systems, low vibration lab space, large contiguous floor plates, and relatively high floor to floor heights required for cleanroom and other special research functions.

• Context — The new buildings must respond to an established and distinguished campus fabric in which the scale, character and landscape treatment of exterior public spaces are a defining feature of the University, and support of the goals of the Princeton Campus Plan within the constraints of local zoning ordinances that control the height, bulk and and setbacks for new buildings.

The Steering Committee recognizes that there are inherent challenges in these overall goals for the Center to be addressed and reconciled during the design of the project as it moves forward. One major item will be how to incorporate sustainable design elements and energy savings without compromising the technical requirements for research equipment and activities in the building. Another will be how to reconcile the suggested below-grade location of the cleanroom with the School’s desire to showcase and closely integrate the cleanroom with the rest of the Center. It is our opinion that these issues properly addressed during design will result in a building that fully meets the goals and expectations of the University, the School of Engineering, and the Princeton community at large.

Sustainability

The activity in the Andlinger Center will be research focused on energy and the environment. Princeton University has stated as a goal that this building perform as a model in terms of sustainability to both reduce its impact on the environment and to teach students and the greater community about energy and environmental issues. Special focus is to be given to reducing energy use, using sustainable materials, and reducing potable water use, all without compromising the building’s ability to act as a premier materials research and teaching facility.

Princeton University has requested a rigorous life cycle costing process beginning with a sustainability charrette to outline goals during the programming phase and continuing into Schematic Design. The project will follow all requirements of

roof

Above grade

Below grade

CO NN ECTIONS

The Prospect Avenue connected to the Core Walk as it crosses Washington historic McCosh Walk. and ceremonial east-west south are more attenuated advantage of smaller existing and former eating Avenue. The existing Engineering Quadrang Lane. Ivy-Prospect Walk Scudder Plaza and Lewis these pathways by cle ways east of Bobst Hall Walk east of Tower Club.

This diagram indicates a conceptual organization of the program that identifies areas that have logical association with above and below grade locations, based on issues of contiguous floor plates, vibration criteria, access, and natural light.

1. lobby and Bridges

Non-lab: 1800 nsf

2. Administration and Faculty Offices

Non-lab: 3150 nsf

3. Conference Center

Non-lab: 5870 nsf

4. education

Non-lab: 1050 nsf

Gen. lab: 2250 nsf

5. energy and environment Systems

Non-lab: 320 nsf

Spec. lab: 7430 nsf

6. energy Storage

Gen. lab: 250 nsf

7. Photonics

Non-lab: 200 nsf

Spec. lab: 1650 nsf

the Sustainable Building Guidelines included in the Princeton University Design Standards including the life cycle costing process commencing in the Schematic Design Phase.

The programming team met with Princeton University Facilities on July 21, 2008 to discuss sustainability goals, metrics of success and their potential impact on programming and design.

Though Princeton University has stated that LEED ® certification will likely not be pursued on this project, the LEED ® framework has been used to establish environmental goals for the project and matrixes by which their success may be measured. The project will target LEED ® Silver equivalency. In order to broaden the lens of sustainability with respect to this project, the Labs21 Environmental Performance Criteria were used to supplement the initial LEED ® set of credits.

LANDSCAPE PROJECTS

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12. Building Support

The Andlinger Center will set an example for what may be achieved in energy performance for a high tech laboratory building. Princeton University has stated a goal of reaching an energy performance mark of 50% below ASHr AE 90.1-2004 in this project. The energy use of the process loads of the project combined with the intensive space conditioning requirements, it will likely be impossible to meet this goal if following the strict rules of ASHr AE 90.1-2004 Appendix G. As part of this project Princeton may wish to further evaluate benchmarks to measure building performance.

Shapiro Walk Pathways, landscaping, along Shapiro Walk to Scudder Plaza to the material will be selected sustain the attractiveness months. The campus enhanced with the planting seating areas, making time between classes greens of the historic Bendheim Center Gr A landscaped green in for Finance (the former accessible as a north-south to Prospect Avenue. This strategy mentioned above to the Natural Sciences and Western Way Neighborhood

Initial Concepts

ECTIONS TO TH E CAMPUS

and William Street Neighborhood is Core Campus along the spine of Shapiro Washington Road and becomes the Walk. Whereas Shapiro Walk is a broad east-west promenade, pathways to the attenuated and dispersed as they take oppor tunities to filter between the eating club buildings along Prospect walkway east of Bobst Hall links the ngle to the Stadium, as does Roper Walk creates a direct link between Lewis Library. This plan aims to reinforce clearly designating the existing walkHall and landscaping the Ivy-Prospect Club.

PROJECTS

landscaping, and green spaces will be improved to create an attractive connection from engineering school. The landscape selected for seasonal interest that can attractiveness of the walk during the winter green along Shapiro Walk will be planting of additional shade trees and the lawn a pleasant space to spend or relax with friends, much like the campus.

een in front of the Bendheim Center former Dial Lodge) will be made more north-south pathway from Shapiro Walk This pathway is part of the larger above to reinforce the connections Sciences Neighborhood and the Ivy Lane Neighborhood to the south.

new Service elevator to e-Quad loading Dock

link Between 200l e-Quad and Below grade

new landscaped Quad

Potential

Public Art location

Skylight to Cleanroom Below grade landscape enhancements

Pedestrian Bridge linking Buildings at level 2

green roof

new lab wing

enclosed roof lab

new landscaped Quad

Atrium

Accessible terrace for lab Usage

new Accessible roof terrace

new Office wing

new Conference Facility

new Small through-wall Opening

enhanced Site entries from Prospect Street

Concept Design

The interior and exterior of the new building should endeavor to expose and showcase the full range of active research activities that distinguish the Center. As this project is Princeton’s Center for Energy and the Environment, the integration and expression of sustainable design is a major goal.

New office / Non-lab

New circ. / Atrium New conference

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Building and Site Sections

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The organization and design of the building must address significant functional and technical requirements necessary for its effective operation and performance, including the need for sophisticated laboratory mechanical systems, low vibration lab space, large contiguous floor plates, and relatively high floor to floor heights required for cleanroom and other special research functions.

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Bowen Hall

Overall Site Section looking west

enlarged Section through Bowen Hall and ACee looking west with Comparative Floor level indication

ACee

Space types

General lab

Specialized lab

Special lab support

Office / Non-lab

Conference center Circulation / Atrium

enlarged Section through Bowen Hall and ACee looking north

ACee

Bowen Hall

05 Laboratory Concepts

typical l ab Sections

The diagrams in this spread show typical ceiling heights for different lab types in the ACEE. These are based on conventional lab planning practice and can serve as a point of departure for the lab programming and planning work to follow in the Schematic Design Phase.

Please refer to the room by room program for criteria for individual spaces, including ceiling height, vibration criteria, and clean room requirements. refer also to lab data sheets for specific spaces in Appendix C. These sheets note for lab-specific mechanical, plumbing, and electrical needs, and other requirements architectural, acoustical, safety, shielding, and security requirements.

Project boundary

See SMEP narrative for utility relocations

Demolished works Entry improvements

Projects required by E3 zoning

Several enabling projects require execution to prepare for the construction of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. In addition, the Princeton Borough E3 Zoning District requirements call for site upgrades to be included in the work of the project as a precondition to municipal approval.

The following is an overview of associated projects included in the project scope:

1. Site Utilities relocations including:

• Chilled water

• High-pressure steam and condensate lines

• Underground electrical lines

• Building sanitary drainage

• Storm water drainage

• High pressure natural gas

• Site fire water service

2. Other building-level services enabling work includes:

• Small bulk nitrogen storage tank at E-Quad loading dock

• Emergency generators

3. Architecture upgrades at points of connection to existing buildings.

4. Structural underpinning of adjacent buildings may be required.

5. E3 Zoning ordinance-driven site upgrades including:

• driveway and roadway work

• landscaping / planting

• site lighting improvements

• other matters

6. Landscape enhancements west of E-wing.

7. Enhanced site entry from Prospect Street.

The following are desirable projects to be considered in conjunction with the construction of the Andlinger Center. Though they are not in the project’s budget and scope, they should be considered if funds and opportunities arise.

a. Modifications to existing A,C,E wing entry to respond to axis of Shapiro Walk

b. Modifications to existing A,C,E wing entry to accommodate accessibility.

c. The possibility of locating public art in landscape areas west of C and E wing

For additional detail on Site Utilities upgrades see Appendix D. Refer to the Borough of Princeton Zoning Ordinance Sec. 17A-354.8 Site development standards within the district east of Olden Street for specific E3 District requirements.

Potential above and below grade Phase II location

Other potential improvements

Possible public art location

The program for the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment studies a new facility comprising 110,000 gsf of new construction, with renovation of existing spaces in Bowen Hall, and the 86 Olden. At the June 20, 2008 Kick-off Meeting for the ACEE, the SEAS advised Davis Brody Bond Aedas that agreements are in place with the Princeton Borough Zoning Department allowing the future build out of up to 72,000 gsf in addition to the new space for the ACEE. This space cannot occur in the 250 ' buffer zone to the east.

While it is beyond the scope of this study to address this future 70,000 gsf facility, the adjacent diagram suggests directions an expansion and renovation might take. Future options indicated include:

• Expansion of the below grade lab space to the east of the ACEE Special Labs. Landscape development above the lab expands east; and parking could be relocated.

• renovation and addition in the space between A-wing, D-J-wings, and G-wing; this to respect E3 zoning requirements.

• relocation of loading dock and gas distribution to south side of G-wing. The north side of D-J-wings is another option.

Other items to consider include:

• A monumental stair connecting the E-Quad entry to a renovated, landscaped courtyard formed by the SEAS wings

• repurposing of the high atrium space between D-wing and J-wing

• Possible solar panel array on the existing parking garage top level

Programming Jun 2008 – Sep 2008

Selection Sep 2008 – Dec 2008

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The project anticipates architect selection for the Andlinger Center in December 2008. Design would occur from January 2009 through February 2011. Construction would occur from March 2011 through February 2014.

Diagrams included in this publication may have been adapted from diagrams published elsewhere. These are referenced below in chronological order:

‘The Campus in 2006’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter 4, pp50-51 • ‘Campus Components: Buildings’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter: Connecting the Campus, p141 • ‘The Campus Plan’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter 4, pp52-53 ‘Landscape master plan project types’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter: Connecting the Campus, p123 • ‘Campus Life plan’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter: Improving a Sense of Campus Community, p115 • ‘Princeton University’s main public destinations on campus, 2006’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter 2, ‘Housing projects plan’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter: Improving a Sense of Campus Community, p109‘Campus Components: Pathways’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter: Connecting the Campus, p141 • ‘Bike plan’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter: Supporting the Campus, p155 ‘2006 shuttle service’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter: Supporting the Campus, p156 / http://www.princeton.edu/main/ administration/transportation/shuttles/ ‘Campus Components: Roads’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter: Connecting the Campus, p141 • ‘Pedestrian Density’ adapted from ‘A walkable parking facility’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter 5, p98 • ‘Social Geography’ and ‘E-Quad Departmental Mapping’, based on an interview with Robert Kennedy, August 5, 2008 • ‘E-3 Zoning’ adapted from ‘E3/ E4 Zoning districts’ in Princeton Campus Plan, Chapter 5, p105 • ‘Subdivision III. E3 Districts’ from Princeton Borough Zoning Ordinance