― Learning and Innovation Environments
Re‑imagining next generation learning environments
Contents
Introduction ― 4 Selected Projects ― 8 Our Team ― 44
Front Cover: Clemson University, Watt Family Innovation Center Left: CREATE
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― Learning and Innovation Environments
The evolving nature of Learning, Teaching, and Discovery Recent advances in brain science and learning research have revealed striking insights into how people learn. We now know that there are as many ways to learn as there are learners in the classroom. The “digital-native� generation in particular has developed unique modes of assimilating and comprehending information. The design of learning spaces must evolve to embrace these new learning models.
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Learning and Innovation Environments
We believe in the power of great design to shape the educational experience and inspire human success.
Fostering active learning Today, learning happens everywhere: in and out of the classroom, on and off campus, in formal and informal settings. Our buildings for higher education foster a new culture of learning that is increasingly multi-dimensional, global, social, experiential, and interactive. Our higher education practice welcomes the full range of learning spaces: from traditional classrooms to active, project-based environments and adaptive learning, to use of the latest technology for hybrid curricula, instant feedback, and immersive simulation environments. The best design solutions provide flexibility for unforeseen future advancements and support current understanding of how best to accomplish learning intentions and outcomes.
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― Learning and Innovation Environments
Selected Projects
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Clemson University, Watt Family Innovation Center Clemson, South Carolina Client: Clemson University Size: 70,000 square feet (6,503 square meters) Completion Date: 2016 Sustainability: LEED Silver ÂŽ Awards: Merit Award, Built Project, AIA Georgia Design Awards, 2017 Merit Award, AIA South Atlantic Region Design Awards,2016 IT Infrastructure and Systems, Campus Technology, Innovators Awards, 2016
― WHAT IT IS
The Watt Family Innovation Center (WFIC) is an environment where collaboration between students, faculty, and leaders from industry and government agencies generates ideas and solves complex problems.
The exterior of WFIC incorporates a highperforming glass skin, layered with various forms of electronic display technology (Mediamesh), which provides an interactive experience for both occupants and visitors.
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Clemson University, Watt Family Innovation Center
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
The team rooms enable industry and government partners to work sideby-side with students and faculty to discover new concepts for the marketplace.
Clemson University, Watt Family Innovation Center
University of Ottawa, STEM Complex Ottawa, Ontario Client: University of Ottawa Size: 285,000 square feet (26,477 square meters) Completion Date: 2018 Sustainability: LEED Registered®
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
The previous building on the site featured, “Les Yeux” - a pair of monumental eyes painted directly on the façade using a dot matrix. The design team recreated and integrated the work into the new building using digital technology.
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University of Ottawa, STEM Complex
― WHAT IT IS
The STEM Complex joins Science, Mathematics, and Engineering to form a new hub at the heart of the University’s “discovery district.”
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Cornell University, Upson Hall Ithaca, New York Client: Cornell University Size: 160,000 square feet (14,864 square meters) Completion Date: 2017 Sustainability: LEED PlatinumÂŽ Awards: Award of Merit, AIA New York Design Awards, 2018 Biennale Honor Award - Architecture, 2018 Biennale Honor Award - Interiors, 2018 Partners: Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (LTL) and Thornton-Tomasetti
― WHAT IT IS
The vintage post-World War II-era engineering building has been fully renovated into a stateof-the art research and teaching facility.
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Cornell University, Upson Hall
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
A highly innovative, collaborative, and performative facility that sets a new standard for the re-invention of mid-century campus buildings.
Wake Technical Community College, General Administration Classroom Building Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Client: Wake Technical Community College Size: 109,000 square feet (10,126 square meters) Completion Date: 2017 Sustainability: LEED RegisteredÂŽ
― WHAT IT IS
A modern campus that is innovative, flexible, and adaptable — providing a next generation learning environment.
WTCC, General Administration Classroom Building
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
Sited at the intersection of industry and academia in the famed Research Triangle Park, local companies provided input to the design team on the types of training and skills required of graduates.
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Miami Dade College, Academic Support Center Miami, Florida Client: Miami Dade College Size: 135,000 square feet (12,542 square meters) Completion Date: 2012 Sustainability: LEED GoldÂŽ Awards: Outstanding Project , Learning By Design Education Architectural Awards, 2018 Excellence in Architecture Honor Award , AIA Miami Chapter, 2013 Honor Award for New Work, AIA Florida Chapter, 2013
― WHAT IT IS
The Academic Support Center seamlessly unites both learning and administrative functions into a cohesive whole.
Miami Dade College, Academic Support Center
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
The building is a learning tool, helping the college achieve its 10 Learning Outcomes, among which is to describe how natural systems function and recognize the impact humans make on the environment .
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University of Washington, Life Sciences Building Seattle, Washington Client: University of Washington Size: 207,000 square feet (19,231 square meters) Completion Date: 2018 Sustainability: LEED RegisteredÂŽ Awards: Building of the Year, Seattle DJC, 2018 Seattle Civic Design Awards, American Institute of Architects (AIA) Washington Council, 2016
Integrated photovoltaics generate enough electricity to light all four floors of offices along the perimeter of the building and reduce unwanted solar heat gain, all while providing expansive views from within the offices.
― WHAT IT IS
A next-level science facility for UW’s Department of Biology that enhances the connections between students, faculty, community, and the environment.
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University of Washington, Life Sciences Building
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
Innovative sustainable technologies combined with natural materials showcase the intersection of technology and nature.
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University of Washington, Life Sciences Building
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Wichita State University, Experiential Engineering Building Wichita, Kansas Client: Wichita State University Size: 142,661 square feet (13,254 square meters) Completion Date: 2016 Awards: Excellence in Architecture, Honor Award, AIA Wichita Design Awards, 2017
― WHAT IT IS
A functioning co-location for partnerships between students, faculty, the university, private businesses, and public organizations.
Wichita State University, Experiential Engineering Building
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
Business incubators, accelerator spaces, and a 3D print center help student innovators develop their ideas; the technology transfer office then helps these budding entrepreneurs take their ideas to market.
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George Mason University, Robinson Hall Fairfax, Virginia Client: George Mason University Size: 220,000 square feet (20,439 square meters) Completion Date: 2021
― WHAT IT IS
Innovative and active learning environments, maker spaces—including the Mason Innovation Exchange (MIX)— and collaborative workplaces to engage with faculty and researchers create “Destination Mason.”
Our Team
Tom Butcavage
Jessica Figenholtz
Floyd Cline
Jeff Ziebarth
Safdar Abidi
John Long
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Vandana Nayak
Leslie Braxton
LET’S COLLABORATE
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Jeff Stebar
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John Poelker
Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place.
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Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place. That’s why clients and communities on nearly every continent partner with us to design healthy, happy places in which to live, learn, work, play, and heal. We’re passionate about humancentered design, and committed to creating a positive impact in people’s lives through sustainability, resilience, well-being, diversity, inclusion, and research. In fact, Fast Company named us one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in Architecture. Our global team of 2,700 creatives and critical thinkers provides integrated services in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and more. Our partners include Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen; retail strategy and design consultancy Portland; sustainable transportation planning consultancy Nelson\Nygaard; and luxury hospitality design firm PierreYves Rochon (PYR).
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