Design > Overview

Location
195 Prospect Street between Sage Hall and Osborne Memorial Lab (replacing the decommissioned Pierson Sage Power Plant)

LEED Rating
Seeking Platinum Rating

Sustainable/Climate Neutral features

  • Demolition and construction waste is being recycled
  • Geothermal benefit from the underground placement of the north side of the lowest level
  • Solar heat gain in winter and natural lighting year round along the long unobstructed south-facing wall
  • Rooftop solar panels facing south
  • Solar hot water heaters
  • Geothermal energy system
  • Natural light and ventilation
  • Natural light will be augmented with artificial light to maintain a constant lighting level; the latter is also controlled by sensors that shut off automatically if no one is present
  • Manually operable windows utilize natural air circulation
  • Green construction materials including “thermally inactive” concrete and low-E glass and insulation, waterless urinals and low-impact paint
  • Recycled, recyclable, sustainably harvested or manufactured nontoxic materials
  • Sustainably harvested wood
  • Exterior stone quarried within 500 miles of campus
  • Rainwater harvesting system and cleansing pond
Interior Spaces
  • Office space for more than 50 faculty and staff members
  • Three Classrooms
  • 175-seat Auditorium
  • Environment Center
  • Learning Center
  • Library

Plaza

Exterior Spaces

  • Sachem’s Wood Plaza
  • Plaza on Prospect Street
  • Sage Courtyard, OML Courtyard

 

Design Team

Design Architect:
Hopkins Architects
www.hopkins.co.uk

Executive Architect:
Centerbrook Architects and Planners
www.centerbrook.com

Structural Engineers:
ARUP
www.arup.com

Sustainable Design:
Atelier Ten
www.atelierten.com

Landscape Architect:
Olin Partnership
www.olinptr.com