![]() ![]() Lighting Consultants: Tillotson Design Associates.Curtain Wall Consultants: Buro Happold Consulting Engineers P.C.Landscape/Architect: SCAPE/Landscape Architecture.MEP Engineer: Jaros Baum & Bolles (JB&B).Project Manager: Kristian Gregerson AIA.Principal-in-Charge: Madeline Burke-Vigeland AIA, LEED AP.Project Area: 14-story tower and cellar and mechanical penthouse.Native plantings adapted to the area’s sun and wind conditions minimize irrigation requirements and produce year-round texture, color, and shelter.Green roof technologies reduce the heat-generating effects of urban asphalt and concrete, decrease building energy consumption, and recycle stormwater runoff.An innovative mechanical system designed to maximize tenant comfort and minimize energy and water use within the building.Environmental assets like fixed and operable shading optimize the regulation of daylighting and solar gain by program area.The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center was awarded LEED Gold for sustainable construction. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, certification is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement. Simulation suite: An open reception area with debriefing rooms and support spaces as well as further mock examination rooms, clinics, and operating rooms.Lobby: The space is formed by a seating area, café, and a “study bar” overlooking the outdoor courts.Special event space: 190 person classroom/flexible events space with catering support.Multi-purpose auditorium: A 263-seat flexible space used for campus-wide events like lectures, screenings, events, and concerts.The central location allows for flexible use. Anatomy quad: Suspended booms with integrated screens and task lighting.Study spaces: A range of lounge-style and desk areas are distributed throughout the study cascade.The Student Commons: A double-height space that features a café, lounge seating, and balconies for both social gatherings and independent study.Administration suites: Office and support spaces for faculty and administration.Stepped lounge: This tiered study lounge on the 7th-8th and 11th-12th floors provides opportunities for formal and informal study.Flexible furniture configurations are enabled by distributed power and data at the floor and suspended ceilings. Active learning classrooms: Divided by operable partitions, these 30-60 person spaces offer indirect sunlight and controlled views through continuous, full-height windows.Sky Lounge: An intimate and informal gathering space for study groups.This network of social and study spaces is distributed across oversized landings along an open 14-story stair-a single, interconnected vertical space that extends from the lobby to the top of the building. The South Court, a new green space created by configuring the entry to the Columbia University Medical Center parking garage to create a landscaped garden with shaded seating areas and views of the Hudson River.Post-tensioned, reinforced concrete slabs with embedded structural steel and cobiax void-formers enable the long spans and cantilevers of the south facade. In the cascade, there are reinforced architectural concrete columns with embedded steel-up girders. The building’s structural spine is a site-formed reinforced concrete vertical core, which provides shear capacity.The West Court, a garden space shared between the new building and adjacent student residences, features local plant species from the Palisades and views of the Hudson River and the George Washington Bridge.Higher traffic areas use terrazzo flooring. The interior finishes of the study cascade include Douglas Fir wood veneer wall and ceiling panels, Douglas Fir end grain wood flooring, and solid wood millwork.A unitized aluminum mullion curtainwall with integrated GFRC elements clads the north end of the building.An insulated stick built glass fin curtainwall with low-iron glass and low-e coating optimizes energy and allows for maximum transparency. ![]() Ceramic “frit” patterns and gradients are baked onto the north end of the building to filter and diffuse sunlight while mitigating solar gain.The Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) cladding panel system follows the trajectories of the cascade and defines each “neighborhood” zone of the building. ![]()
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