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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

PAYETTE

Location: State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 6/30/2024
Program type(s): Education - College/University (campus-level)
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 390,500
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 283,100 GSF
Project substantial completion date: 6/30/2024
Climate zone: 5A
Project site: Partially previously developed
Project team: 
Engineer - Civil: HRG
Engineer - MEP: Arup
Engineer - Structural: Arup
Construction Manager: Whiting-Turner
Code Consultant: Code Red Consultants
Cost Estimator: Vermeulens
Landscape Architect: Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Lab Planner: PAYETTE
Energy Model: Arup
Sustainable Design/LEED Consultant: Arup
Lighting Designer: Available Light
Acoustics/Vibration: Acentech
FF&E: Lamar Johnson Collaborative

Project Overview:
The Engineering Collaborative Research & Education Building is a flagship academic facility of the Penn State College of Engineering acting as both social heart and academic engine of a new Engineering precinct. Providing thematically based research and teaching across several departments, the building engages the adjacent Plaza and Quad with copper toned surfaces of folded form, fins and brick collectively recalling hues of the existing campus context. Together, the building and landscape create a connected, transparent and vibrant home for students and faculty united through the vertically distributed commons of open study zones, food, classrooms and social space.

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