Cape Horn Sub-Antarctic Center
Our intention is to touch this breathtakingly beautiful and delicate landscape lightly, to minimize the Center’s environmental footprint, in terms of natural systems on site, critical common resources such as electricity and potable water, and maintenance over its life-cycle. Richard Olcott, Design Partner Interdisciplinary, socio-ecological research programs that bring together scientists, intellectuals, artists, indigenous people […]
New York University, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology
The design of the Center arises from the interplay of new and old to create a leading vertical laboratory facility. While incorporating the historical character of the site and its existing façades, the updated facility is optimized for the twenty-first century. Richard Olcott, Design Partner The design preserves three existing, six-story, 100-year-old façades, integrating a […]
Bridge for Laboratory Sciences, Vassar College, Integrated Science Commons
https://player.vimeo.com/video/234702925?autoplay=0&loop=0&byline=0&title=0&portrait=0 As architects we think about how people experience our buildings. It is important to engage and propel the user along a journey. The curvilinear design creates a sense of discovery as the views unfold – both in to the sciences and out to the landscape. Richard Olcott, Design Partner An outgrowth of a programming […]
State University of New York at Cobleskill, Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources
Pathways weave around the building, leading to three primary entrances on two levels, creating a campus “crossroads.” An open double-height space connects two floors with a café overlooking a monumental stair that links these prime public levels. To increase social interaction, computer classrooms and a lecture hall are directly adjacent to public spaces; public corridors, inside and […]
Natural History Museum of Utah
https://player.vimeo.com/video/326676101?autoplay=0&loop=0&byline=0&title=0&portrait=0 Utah’s natural environment memorializes the story of how human beings interpreted their world and their land over one thousand years ago. The material quality of the building’s exterior roots it in its context, recalling the importance of landscape in Utah’s human and natural history. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner Utah’s singular landscape and the ways […]
City University of New York, Medgar Evers College, Academic Building I
My hope is that the students, faculty, administrators, and visitors who walk through the doors of the new building will find others of like mind. I see educational leaders today increasingly focused on providing opportunities for the intermingling of cross-disciplinary classes and potential avenues for collaboration and exchange. The architecture of this building was designed […]
University of Michigan, A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
The building responds directly to the collaborative nature of the work that takes place inside, providing an architectural solution to the divergent needs of individual disciplines while bringing them together in innovative ways. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner Two laboratory blocks and a sinuous office ribbon are connected by bridges across a full-height, skylit, publically-accessible atrium. […]
The Ohio State University, Peter L. and Clara M. Scott Laboratory
Generic materials are combined to evoke a minimal and industrial aesthetic expressive of engineering. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner Three interconnected structures enclose a courtyard on three sides. A dedicated laboratory facility is designed for maximum flexibility; the structural module allows modifications to individual labs as needs change. Large “multi-purpose” spaces with moveable partitions permit a […]
University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion
Due it its pivotal highly visible location, the Hill Pavilion represents not only the School of Veterinary Medicine, but the University at large. Transparent materials and incorporation of outdoor spaces for community use have ensured that the structure serves the needs of both the smaller and larger communities. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner Employing a novel […]
The New York Botanical Garden, Pfizer Plant Research Laboratory
The building’s crisp rectilinear geometry stands in striking contrast to the wooded landscape. Its floating form hovers above the topography and acts as a canvas for the interplay of light and shadow. Susan T. Rodriguez, Design Partner Fused with its sloping site in the Garden’s science precinct, the freestanding laboratory is cantilevered from a central […]