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Cornell University

The Bloomberg Center

SIZE OWNER
150,000 square feet Cornell University
CONTRACT TYPE ARCHITECT
Construction Manager-at-Risk 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.