Design > Overview

Location
195 Prospect Street between Sage Hall and Osborn Memorial Laboratories (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

Plaza

Exterior Spaces

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

 

Team

Design Architect:
HA (USA)
www.hopkins.co.uk

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

Structural Engineers
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection Engineers :

ARUP
www.arup.com

Architectural Lighting and
Acoustical Design:

ARUP, Specialty Consultants

Sustainable Design:
atelier ten
www.atelierten.com

Landscape Architect:
The Olin Studio
www.theolinstudio.com

Civil Engineering and
Stormwater Management:

Nitsch Engineering, Inc.
www.nitscheng.com

Geothermal Engineers:
Haley and Aldrich
www.haleyaldrich.com

Façade Engineering /
Thermal Performance
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.

Materials Handling (Service Node):
SEA Consultants, Inc.
www.seacon.com

Code Consultant:
P.R. Sherman, Inc.

Specifications Consultant:
Kalin Associates

Elevator Consultant:
VDA

Cost Estimator:
Faithful + Gould

Construction Manager:
Turner Construction Co., Inc.
www.tcco.com