STEM Environments

― Learning and Innovation Environments

Re­‑imagining next generation learning environments

Contents

Introduction ― 4 Selected Projects ― 8

Front Cover: Clemson University, Watt Family Innovation Center Left: CREATE

― 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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Franklin Antonio Hall



La Jolla, California Client: University of California, San Diego

The Jacobs School of Engineering at University of California

Size: 186,500 square feet

San Diego strives to develop advanced solutions for public

Completion Date: 04/2022 Sustainability: LEED Platinum

good. This kind of innovation and learning calls for a space ®

Awards: Merit Award, AIA San Diego, 2023

that inspires creativity and sparks collaboration.

Learning Facility Franklin Antonio Hall will also serve as an important new facility for undergraduate and graduate-student learning by providing critical workspace for student organizations

Thirteen large research facilities called "collaboratories"

participating in national design competitions as well as a 250-

will make up the heart of Franklin Antonio Hall. Each

seat auditorium, two 100-seat classrooms for active learning,

collaboratory will house a collection of professor-led research

and a collaborative study space.

groups from different but related disciplines. Together, these complementary research teams will pursue grand-challenge

Program Synergies

research in areas like renewable energy technologies, smart

The Jacob School of Engineering has rapidly grown in the last

cities and transportation, wearable and robotics innovations,

five years from 190 to 280 faculty members in order to balance

real-time data analysis and decision making, digital privacy

the student-to-faculty ratio. This has helped UCSD achieve

and security, nanotechnology, and precision medicine.

it's current rank as the 11th graduate engineering program,

The final building will be a place where students, professors, and industry leaders can exchange ideas and develop solutions to some of today's biggest challenges.

with the hope of moving into the top 10. Franklin Antonio Hall will help achieve this goal by providing enough space for the growing faculty, supporting multidisciplinary activities, and fostering leading industry partnerships.

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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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 Gold®, 2030 Challenge Compliant Awards: Northwest Region Education Category, Metropolis Planet Positive Awards, 2021 Top Ten Award, AIA COTE, 2021 Honorable Mention, SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture, Excellence in Architecture in a New Building, 2020 Merit Award, AIA Seattle Honor Award, 2019 Honor Award, AIA Northwest and Pacific Region, 2019 Best Projects in Higher Education/Research Category, ENR Northwest, 2019 Merit Award, AIA Washington Council, Civic Design Award, 2019 Building of the Year, Seattle DJC, 2018 Civic Design Award of Citation, 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 MAKES IT COOL

Innovative sustainable technologies combined with natural materials showcase the intersection of technology and nature.

University of Washington, Life Sciences Building

― 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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Cornell University, Upson Hall Ithaca, New York Client: Cornell University Size: 160,000 square feet (14,864 square meters) Completion Date: 2017 Sustainability: LEED Platinum® 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.

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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 ® 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.

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.

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Clemson University, Watt Family Innovation Center

University of Kansas Integrated Sciences Building Lawrence, Kansas Client: University of Kansas Size: 284,000 square feet (26,384 square meters) Completion Date: 2018 Awards: MGRIT Award, Education Category, DBIA, 2018 Best Social Infrastructure Finalist, P3 Awards, 2016 Partners: Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate

We believe transparency encourages more participation in STEM-based disciplines by putting important work on display and making teaching and research labs comfortable, naturally-lit places to learn and work.

― WHAT IT IS

A paradigm shift in science education and research—colocating teaching, research labs, and collaborative spaces on the same floorplate to develop a new educational culture.

Our dedication to a collaborative P3 effort began with setting expectations for the design and construction models for the project within an accelerated schedule. Our BIM coordination efforts contributed significantly to identifying and addressing conflicts in advance and helped to reduce cost.

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University of Kansas Integrated Sciences Building

← Dedication to the traditions of KU and a commitment to well-being spurred the incorporation of the Jayhawk Trail, a pedestrian pathway running through the entire KU campus. The trail was incorporated into the plan of the complex and creates a strong link tying the campus, students, faculty, and staff together.

― WHAT MAKES IT COOL

The design showcases science on display to inspire and encourage discovery for aspiring STEM students.

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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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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 human-centered 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 over 2,000 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 Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR).

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