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Cornell University

The Bloomberg Center, Roosevelt Island, NY

SIZE CONTRACT TYPE REFERENCE
150,000 square feet Construction Manager-at-Risk Diana Allegretti,Assistant
Director Design and
SCHEDULE OWNER Construction
28 months Cornell University 646.632.4985
COMPLETION DATE ARCHITECT
2017 Morphosis Architects

PROJECT DETAILS
The Bloomberg Center is the first of several buildings to be • Th e Bloomberg Center is located on the 12 acre
constructed of the new Cornell NYC Tech Campus on Roosevelt Roosevelt Island Campus.
Island. Th e Bloomberg Center provides graduate students, faculty
• Th e building is a new four story, 150,000 SF
and administrators with a new facility for research and education. Th e
facility.
building design refl ects Cornell’s goals of creativity and excellence,
providing fl exible academic spaces and pioneering new standards in • Th e structure will be constructed of steel and
building performances and sustainability. concrete.
• Th e façade will be a unitized system of metal
panels, windows and curtainwall.
• Th e building will be heated and cooled by a
closed loop geothermal system.
• Th e roof is covered with approximately 40,000
SF of photovoltaic panels.
• Th e project is LEED Platinum and net zero
energy usage.