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Tower at University of Delaware STAR Campus

Location: Newark, Delaware

Design Statement: Bernardon provided design services
for the STAR Tower, a public-private partnership between
the University of Delaware and Delle Donne & Associates.
This ten-story building is located at the University of
Delaware STAR (Science, Technology, and Advanced
Research) Campus. The 120,000 SF structure houses
high-tech classrooms and research facilities. Floors 2
through 7 are occupied by the University of Delaware
College of Health Sciences, the college’s leadership team, location can prompt dramatic change in another. The Tower
and two departments. Education and research spaces design reflects this by taking on the abstract form of a butterfly
are included, as well as new community wellness clinics. emerging from a garden, which is represented by the adjoining
The remaining three floors consist of office space for Atrium and Multipurpose Audion. This imagery serves as an
commercial tenants working in the fields of biomedical iconic reminder of the change and innovation that interactions
engineering, information technology, or other sciences. on the campus strive to create.
The design is inspired by “the butterfly effect,” which
states that the smallest change or interaction in one

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