begins, contributes to goals of Vision 2026

Monday, Feb. 13, workers erected the construction fence marking the grounds of the Integrated Science Center Phase IV construction area. e area between Earl Gregg Swem Library and the existing Integrated Science Complex is expected to be closed to pedestrians until Aug. 1, 2025 as ISC IV undergoes its $94,300,000 construction project.

Phase IV of the Integrated Science Complex will accommodate several STEM academic disciplines, including Mathematics, Computer Science, Kinesiology, Design and Engineering.

College Provost Peggy Agouris wrote in an email to e Flat Hat that the ISC IV project contributes to all three of the College’s goals of Vision 2026: expanding the College’s reach, educating for impact and evolving to excel.

“Vision 2026 includes e orts to o er students expanded options in computing and information sciences, applied science and engineering and to modernize campus so that our people thrive,” Agouris wrote in an email to e Flat Hat. “ is project helps to further that work by bringing computer science, math, applied science and design/engineering courses under one roof where they can collaborate and o er new opportunities for learning and research in computational sciences in general. is is an entire ISC complex designed to promote collaboration and fresh connections.”

ISC IV initially entered the preplanning stage of the College of William and Mary Board of Visitors Committee on Administration, Buildings and Grounds in November 2017. Building committee meetings and initial designs for ISC IV began in October 2018. e construction of ISC IV began nearly 15 years after the 2008 ribbon cutting ceremony of Phase I of ISC.

Agouris spoke on how the various phases of the Integrated Science Complex have helped improve the STEM program and overall education at the College.

“ e existing phases and integration have replaced outdated facilities and promote the cross-pollination of ideas and disciplines for students and faculty both in the sciences and in other areas,” Agouris wrote. “ISC has elevated the university’s ability to educate for impact in the modern world, and it has helped William & Mary continue to attract the best students from around the world.”

Architectural rms Goody Clancy and Baskervill are collaborating to lead the architectural design of ISC IV, along with Senior Project Manager Adam Witkowski. Witkowski noted how the new building is expected to be seamlessly integrated into the architectural design of the College’s campus.

“ e architects took many di erent aspects from di erent types of buildings on campus,” Witkowski said. “ ey took inspiration from 1920s buildings and the details around the Sunken Garden, as well as the di erent parts of ISC I, II and III. So from a visual and architectural standpoint, we want ISC IV to look like it belongs with ISC I, II and III and make it a complex of buildings instead of individual buildings.”

Witkowski also described the rooms and spaces that students should expect when the building opens in 2025, including large makerspaces, server rooms, computer labs, lecture halls, classrooms, study spaces, theaters and an outdoor courtyard.

“You’re going to have outdoor spaces, you’re going to have indoor private and public spaces. It’s going to be a vast range of di erent types of areas where students can learn and congregate and just enjoy the building,” Witkowski said.