STEM University

POROUS FORM — The makerspace building features a porous mass that creates spatial permeability and environmental flow.

SHIFTING BARS — The stacked bars create shaded terraces on the north side, extending program spaces toward the plaza.

CIRCULATION SPINE — The stacked bars are divided and offset to open a spine that connects programs in the building.

CIRCULATION SPINE — The central spine serves as the primary circulation path through the building.

MAKERSPACE — The building functions as the campus makerspace, where students meet, experiment, collaborate, and share ideas.

ACADEMIC BUILDING — The ground floor creates a seamless connection between 8th St. and the plaza to the north, encouraging a natural flow of students and the public through the building.

STACKED PROGRAMS — Stacked bars of classrooms, labs, and offices are arranged vertically, with a central social space in between to foster interaction and connectivity.

ALTERNATING BARS — As the building rises, the bars alternate in perpendicular orientations, framing the atrium and organizing circulation corridors around it.

INTERIOR TERRACES — The spaces in between the bars create interior terraces, with a range of programmatic elements that remain open to the atrium and provide continuous sightlines across floors.

DAYLIT ATRIUM — The central atrium reaches the roof, where a clerestory brings natural daylight deep into the floorplates of the building.

CAMPUS ACTIVATION — On the ground floor, the bars step inward to activate the street and adjacent plaza, creating shaded areas and inviting the public into the building.

ELEVATED TERRACES — Terraces rise from the plaza, weaving the landscape into the building and connecting classrooms and offices to the outdoors.

ACADEMIC BUILDING — The result is a mix of programs around a central space that fosters interaction between students and faculty - creating a place of community and learning at the heart of campus.

STUDENT RESIDENCES — In a typical tower and podium configuration, the building mass is tall and detached from the groundplane and campus at large.

COURTYARD BUILDING — A courtyard building allows for a significant reduction in overall height and provides a central, private outdoor space for residents.

FIGURE EIGHT MASSING — By wrapping the building around itself, two smaller and more intimate courtyards are created.

SHADED TERRACES — In addition to the elevated courtyards, two exterior terraces off the fourth floor break down the scale of the building and ensures that every room has views towards nature - maximizing the wellbeing of students.

BREEZEWAYS — Breezeways carved through the lower floors of the building connect the courtyards to the street, bringing the landscape of the campus into the building.

STUDENT RESIDENCES — The dynamic, ribbon-like form of the building is two-sided: one facing towards the first phase of the campus and one towards the future; one courtyard shaded in summer with the other warmed by the sun in winter. The student residences create a home for students that fosters creativity, interaction, and a connection to nature.