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Amherst College

New Science Center

SIZE OWNER
250,000 square feet Amherst College
CONTRACT TYPE ARCHITECT
Construction Manager-at-Risk Payette

PROJECT DETAILS
Th is four story 250,000 SF building will house Amherst College’s
new Science Center. This state of the art center will include a • Th e “science commons” is a multi-story space
that unites the fi ve wings.
department commons, classrooms, teaching labs, library, cafe and
informal learning areas for students. It will contain important • Th e project scope includes upgrades to the campus
elements that highlight the sustainable features of the building that infrastructure that will support the new Science
are also linked to science pedagogy. After team-wide meetings to Center and new Greenway dorms, including steam,
discuss energy performance goals, the project will aim for an energy chilled water, stormwater, sanitary sewer, electric
use index target of 99 kbtu/sf/yr.
and tele-data.
Th e building is organized into fi ve wings that resolve the massing into
individual elements that respect the scale and reinforce the character
of the overall campus. At two and three stories from the Greenway
side, the three “low-energy” wings defi ne two courtyards that are
integrated with and support activity along the Greenway. Two four
story wings along East Campus Drive contain high-energy research
and teaching labs that are arranged to maximize both departmental
identity and interdisciplinary collaborations.