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Learning Environments and Educational Campus Requirements KIMMERLE GROUP KIMMERLE NEWMAN Architects
Anticipation of change is the the new watchword for planning and design of learning environments
Changing paradigms have altered our understanding of how educational curriculum can evolve. Lessons learned in the pandemic period have shifted the core model and compelled institutions to adjust to new venues for learning, including remote and hybrid learning, and synchronous and asynchronous schedules.
The demographics of education now require a larger look at the multi-generational needs of a broader, more diverse and nontraditional student body, and a deeper need to engage with the wider community surrounding educational institutions.
Our team of five specialty practice areas are each leveraged to support the needs of our clients and long term institutional, corporate, investment and development partners.
This presentation features a selection from our thirty-five years of successes focused on issues in educational environments for these aligned institutions.
Introduction and overview
Campus wide master plans
Traditional and emerging learning environments
Student life and on campus facilities
Supplemental/related areas of need
Client/project listings,
Note: * Indicates an award winning project for the firm
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Firm Leadership / Senior Partners
Dr. George J. Kimmerle, AIA, PP, NCARB
Firm Founder and CEO, Director of Community Design Workshop, Stonington, C.T.; NJBIZ and NJ Real Estate ICON for 2021; Doctorate Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
William J. Kimmerle, AIA, NCARB Practice Leader | KG Urban Studio; Principal of KNA; President of Kimmerle Workspace, Inc. Engineering Record 40 Under 40
Paul Newman, AIA, CID
Principal and Managing Director of KNA and KG’s Harding, NJ office.
Conference speaking roles: Tri-State RE Health Conf. 2017. Master Architect for over 20 million sf of developed space.
Cindy Cui, AIA, LEED AP BD C Practice Leader KG Branding Studio. Principal of KNA and over twenty-five years of diverse experience; 2018 NJBIZ Best 50 Women in Business
Senior Associates, Managing Directors and Associates
Robert T. Kimmerle
Chief Financial Officer
Managing Director MedDev LLC
Petrela, RA
Senior
Practice Leader Transportation / Infrastructure
Luzzi Managing Director
Real Estate Services
Real Estate Broker
Jecmen Senior Practice Leader Healthcare/Education
Patrick
Taryn
Richard
FIRM OVERVIEW
Celebrating our 35th year in 2024
Kimmerle Group and Kimmerle Newman Architects are pleased to present this overview of our educational experience.
We are a full-service design firm that prides itself on our expertise in the area of master planning, architectural design, and project administration. We also provide interior design, furniture selection and procurement, as well as facilities and project management services. All of these services are provided from one platform on an as - needed basis.
Our portfolio addresses private and public institutions with an extensive record of success in innovative teaching environments for corporations and institutions. The work includes both technical and bio-science lab spaces and a host of presentation and support requirements for these learning facilities.
We are a regional firm that works nationally and internationally. Our firm’s size of 40+ dedicated professionals located in our Harding, NJ and NYC offices, allow our educational studio to draw from this group as necessary to meet your project needs and deadlines.
We maintain budgeting and cost control, including full-scope reviews of contracted work and purchases and provide critical, seamless project budget management. We provide a larger scope of services as owner representatives and project managers. We can also include preproject feasibility, financial analysis and scenario planning. These efforts can address demographic and economic impact analysis as well as market feasibility reports.
Beyond this, we value our role as your advocate, and we strive to make our client’s needs and interests our own in every undertaking. We are also proud to say that our work has received numerous awards which we believe serves as testimony to our attention to your needs first and foremost.
Visioning & strategic planning with sound financial outcomes
Emerging team and collaborative learning paradigms
Campus Master Plans & Campus / Student Housing
A variety of housing types developed in the form of student housing master plans for national and area institutions.
Residential settings are also a part of our larger campus plans for teaching hospitals across the tri-state region.
Drury College, Springfield, MO
Residential quadrangles and student center.
NJIT Greek Housing, Newark, NJ
Fraternity row houses and central dormitory and cafeteria / food service center.
Montclair State Newman Center, Upper Montclair, NJ
Catholic student housing and worship center.
Steven’s Institute, Hoboken, NJ
Residential dormitory and overall redeployment plan and visioning exercise.
Campus Master Plans
Master Plans for Institutions
Large scale master and campus development plans for these teaching hospitals include an array of uses from teaching, research, laboratories, to residential, staff and patient wellness centers.
SUNY Downstate, Campus plan, Brooklyn, NY
(NY State medical college system)
Medical practice space, life science incubator, clinical lab, and admin. offices with residential annex for married students and interns.
Brooklyn Hospital/Long Island Univ., Brooklyn, NY
(Teaching annex for Mount Sinai and the Carl Icahn School of Medicine)
Student center, residential housing and ambulatory / medical practice facility and structured parking.
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
(Albert Einstein Univ. and Northwell Health)
Center of excellence, wellness/fitness center, expanded residential housing for married students.
Chilton Hospital, Pequannock, NJ
(Division of Atlantic Health)
Community health, executive, medical practice offices, hospice and daycare facility.
Innovative Campus and mixed-use redevelopment plans.
Campus Master Plans
Master plans for education, the arts and environmental sciences
Private school and special purpose institutional master plans address many associated uses from performance and exhibit spaces, to laboratory, teaching, workshop, and residential facilities. These distinct and award-winning examples illustrate the scale and complexity of our planning and design solutions for complex and unique assignments.
Elizabeth Morrow School
Englewood, NJ
Master plan for the arts and a performing arts center and classroom expansions at the upper and lower schools and including structured parking.
Great Swamp Env. Science Center
Harding, NJ
National award-winning design for a center for environmental studies. Exhibit space, lab, and teaching annex. *
National Child Protection Training Center
Jersey, City, NJ
Adaptation of the historic, Ralph Adams Cram designed, Sacred Heart Church. Training and mock court center for law enforcement and child advocacy professionals.
Residential short-term stay by the conversion and expansion of the existing rectory and structured parking.
Traditional and Emerging Learning Environments
Classroom settings and lecture halls
The evolution of teaching paradigms leads to a broader and more interactive set of choices for learning. Collaborative learning and team teaching require different settings then the traditional classroom and these facilities need to embrace new models for teacher and student interaction. As teaching methods evolve the dynamics of spaces designed to house these needs must evolve as well.
KG’s long term experience in both institutional and corporate learning environments is a valuable and cutting-edge resource for these changing and evolving requirements.
Library & Media Centers
Villa Walsh Academy, Morris Twp., NJ
Media Center and Library expansion
Steven’s Institute of Tech., Hoboken, NJ
Research and archive facility
Classroom & Non-traditional Training Settings
Realogy Corporation, Madison, NJ
Corporate training center *
Fairfax Financial, Morristown, NJ
National training center
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
College of Nursing
Technology integration and team teaching spaces.
Traditional and Emerging Learning Environments
Life Science, Technology, & Medical Learning
Settings
Technology and life science teaching spaces and the enlargement of STEM and STEAM curricula at the secondary level has also impacted the demand for technical and life science offerings at the collegiate level.
University Lab and Teaching facilities
SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY
Clinical Lab
36,000 sf lab and testing facility
Stevens Inst. of Tech., Hoboken, NJ
Technology labs
HAX Headquarters, Newark, NJ
Global technology developer
Major League Baseball, Secaucus, NJ
Media Center, National TV and film production facility.
Medical labs and theaters
NuVasive Technologies, Paramus, NJ
Medical technology training theater, workshop spaces for cadaver implants, and joint replacement teaching center.
Getinge USA, Wayne, NJ
Surgical environments for training & product demonstration
Traditional and Emerging Learning Environments
Special Needs Training & Residential Uses
Special needs training environments including accommodations for the mentally and physically disabled are reflective of a larger and more inclusive student body.
Addressing the needs of the emotionally and physically disabled is a long-standing area of practice for KG and one that requires deep understanding and extensive experience in dealing with the requirements of these special populations. These assignments include teaching spaces for able-bodied students along the larger spectrum of autism/special adapted needs.
ARC Rockland, Nyack, NY
Special needs training center
ARC Rockland, Valley Cottage, NY
Headquarters, Training center
ARC Rockland, Ramapo, NY
Group Home
Visiting Nurse Assoc of Somerset and County of Somerset *
Adult daycare and nutrition center
Spectrum for Living, Ringwood, NJ
Special needs training center *
Spectrum for Living, Closter, NJ
Special needs inpatient nursing facility
Spectrum for Living, Teaneck, NJ
Special needs training center
(KG is a qualified service provider under NY State’s Office of Persons with Developmental Disabilities / OPWDD)
Student Life & Campus Facilities
Cafe & Kitchen, Food Service Areas
Food service environments along with ancillary support services help shape the quality of campus life. These facilities include not only fullservice cafeterias but an array of gathering, study and breakout spaces that become supportive environments that service the non-traditional commuter and senior student population. These facilities include grab and go’s, cafes, to fullservice cafeterias and dining facilities integrated throughout residential and classroom settings.
Kean University, Union, NJ
Student Center retrofit and expansion
Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, NJ *
365 From Road, Paramus, NJ
Dining and kitchen facilities
Fairfax Financial Hdqrs, Morristown, NJ
Dining and kitchen facility
100 Campus Drive, Florham Park, NJ
Food service, cafe and breakout spaces on campus.
Student Life & Campus Facilities
Student Centers & Recreation Spaces
Breakout and activity areas that include study rooms, game rooms and other indoor activity spaces are assignments that challenge us to provide interesting and engaging interior environments as well as related outdoor activity spaces with special design and landscape features.
Kean University Student Center, Union, NJ
Student center upgrades and retrofit
Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ
Campus quadrangles
From Road Corporate Campus, Paramus
Courtyard and lakeside dining and recreation spaces.
Fairfax Financial Hdqrs, Morristown, NJ
Dining and kitchen facility
Park Avenue Campus, Florham Park, NJ
Outdoor amenities including walking trails, fitness courses and athletic courts.
Indoor and outdoor meeting and breakout spaces.
Student Life & Campus Facilities
Fitness, Health & Wellness
Health and wellness go beyond the competitive athletic setting to embolden healthy lifestyles that embrace lifelong fitness. These facilities in the corporate educational campus setting provide amenity resources that include shower, locker room and spa settings for high end users.
Health Centers and Medical Facilities
KG is a resource with over thirty years of history designing hospital, practice and special use facilities spanning the entire spectrum of health services and treatment modalities. These illustrations provide just a handful of examples of KG’s deep experience in every aspect of medical, diagnostic and treatment design.
See our accompanying medical practice portfolio for a complete listing of medical treatment facilities and educational environments.
Related Requirements
Administration: Executive, Finance, Human
Resources & General Office
The evolution in workplace environments has been accelerated like no time before. The embracing of full versus part time remote workplace is a dynamic that will not soon go away.
A long list of administrative requirements for organization of all type illustrates the scale and range of change that is happening across all spectrums and industries.
KG is deeply invested in education and learning systems for organizations at the front edge of technologies. As an aspect of this change, corporate training centers many times lead the way in terms of adaptive technologies and other innovation.
Just a few of the countless examples of KG’s work in this area follows:
Aeropostale/SPARC Group
Bristol Myers Squibb
Cooper University Hospital
Johnson and Johnson
Provention Bio-pharma.*
Savvas Learning Systems
Scynexis *
Administrative office and executive settings.
Related Requirements
Supply Chain, Warehouse, Fulfillment
Supply and support of campus environments is threatened by supply chain disruption and other limiting technologies. To address global shortages and alternate sourcing systems a larger emphasis needs to be placed on back of house operations, supply and campus resource and readiness programs. These programs need to include employee training, recruitment, and alternate contract sourcing program.
The Real Real
Perth Amboy, NJ and Phoenix, AR Warehouse, call center / fulfillment center
Raritan Center, Edison, NJ Regional conference and exhibition center*
Hellman Worldwide, Edison, NJ Office and distribution center
Confidential Client, South Plainfield, NJ Office and warehouse facility
Supply chain, the backbone of institutional objectives.
Related Requirements
Historic Preservation
KG has been engaged in historic preservation and architecture programs since its founding.
KG is one of only 12 firms statewide recognized as a preservation qualified service provider by the NJ Department of Community Affairs.
Ten Park Place, Morristown, NJ *
Building rebuilt and expansion for a new setback floor
South Street Associates, Morristown, NJ
Replica structure added to match an awardwinning restoration of an iconic 1800s era Morristown carriage house.*
Princeton Court, Nassau St., Princeton, NJ
Residential and retail use
Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ
Delaware Raritan Canal Commission
Stonington Yacht Club, Stonington, CT
Retrofit of an existing 1800 era waterfront factory building
Loyola Jesuit Center, Morristown, NJ
Restoration of a historic 120 room retreat center, kitchen, dining, conference center, and ate house.
A focus on preservation and legacy assets on campus.
Related Requirements
Building Repositioning & Expansion
Renewing and reassigning uses to in place facilities and other historic resources many times presents a challenge. These challenges can address the largest to the smallest in place asset and historic relic.
Austell Place, Long Island City, NY
Full building rebuild and expansion *
Fairfax Holdings, Morristown, NJ
Full bldg. strip and re facade, complete interior refit. Structured parking deck.
Onyx Portfolio, Bergen County, NJ
Refit of 1980s portfolio of buildings, resulting in greater than 95% occupancy.
1109 Mt Kemble, Harding, NJ
Rebuild and redeployment as a design office for the firm. Former private bank and retail building.*
Facility reuse and reinvention is a critical objective.
Related Requirements
Campus Transportation & Transit-Oriented Development
Linkages to both open field and structured parking and transportation hubs are an area of special interest for the firm.
The subject of Dr. Kimmerle’ s 2019 Rutgers University / Edward J Bloustein School dissertation. That research study looks at on campus and downtown structured parking from a variety of points and perspectives and as implemented across the country.
Rutgers New Brunswick College Street Design Build Transit Concept Plan
RU’s design build competitive program for a transit mall along College Avenue
Conceptual study, Underground parking
Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
Community Transit HUB & Recreation
Conceptual Design
Chatham, NJ
SUNY Downstate Transit Center
2,400 space multi-tier garage with accommodations for bus and jitney drop offs and pedestrian through ways. New replacement parking structure for a rehabilitated corporate campus site. A 275-space partially buried parking structure bridged to a refit home office.
Mobility and interconnectivity on and off campus.
Related Requirements
Downtown Development Plans
Relevant to ongoing and long-term interests in redevelopment goals and campus expansions. Working in an existing urban context triples the complexity of developing new campus facilities.
Experience in leading community visioning and concept forums is a skill set critical to success and requires a thoughtful approach and deep experience in working in these environments.
North Park Redevelopment Plan
CBD of Morristown, NJ
Infill redevelopment plan for residential, retail, entertainment/recreation and office along with structured parking.
Metropolitan Baptist Church / Willing
Heart Community Life Center
Newark, NJ
Community health care center and housing plan including Daycare, K12 and a community job center.
Downtown Redevelopment Plan
Madison, NJ
Housing, retail, the arts and recreation
Waterfront Redevelopment Plan
Port Henry & Moriah, NY
A full community redevelopment plan including lakeside living/second home neighborhoods
Convent Station Transit Village Master Plan
Morris Township, NJ
Transit village concept including hotel, restaurant, housing, retail, and park space adjacent to a NJ Transit rail station.
Redevelopment and the objectives of host communities.
Representative Client List
Life Science & Pharma
• Amarin
• Diagnostica Stago
• Bristol Myers / Squibb
• Immersive Environments
• Lonza Inc.
• Johnson and Johnson
• Phathom pharma
• Provention Biologic
• Synexis Inc
• Zambon
Commercial Real Estate / Brokerage Groups
• CBRE Inc
• Cresa
• Colliers International
• Cushman Wakefield Inc. / CW
• Jones Lang LaSalle
• Newmark / Newmark Knight Frank Inc.
• Transwestern Inc.
Financial Services / Insurance
• Fairfax Financial Group
• Plymouth Rock Assurance
• Turner Insurance Group
• Warwick Insurance Group
• Talegen Holdings Inc.
Fitness and Health
• Elizabeth YMCA
• Public and private fitness centers
Hospital / Medical Entities
• Atlantic Health System
• Brooklyn Hospital Center
• CentraState Hospital
• Holy Name Health
• Hunterdon Medical Center
• Hackensack University Medical Center
• Maimonides Medical Center
• Peconic Bay Medical Center
• Princeton University Hospital System
• Richmond University Hospital
• Robert Wood Johnson / St Barnabas
• SUNY Downstate
• Visiting Nurses of Somerset
Institutional and Public entities
• Archdiocese of Newark
• Borough of Madison
• Borough of Port Henry, NY
• County of Morris
• County of Somerset
• County of Sussex
• Episcopal Archdiocese of Newark
• Metropolitan Baptist Church
• Township of Bernards
• Township of Morris
• General Services Admin. / US Drug Enforcement Agency / SSA
