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HIGHER EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
CHEMISTRY INSTRUCTIONAL ADDITION AND
RENOVATION - SPACE ASSESSMENT AND
FEASIBILITY STUDY

Project Information: Project Description:
Client: University of Aro Eberle Architects and Ballinger, a Philadelphia address safety concerns for students. This was
Wisconsin-Madison based architecture and engineering firm were achieved with a break-out space adjacent to the
hired, to perform a facility assessment and laboratory space with glazed partitions that allow
Project: Chemistary feasibility study for the UW-Madison Department supervision by the teaching staff and also natural
Instructional of Chemistry. The goal of the study was to assess light to bleed into the circulation spaces at the
the needs of the undergraduate instructional interior of the building.
Year of Completion: 2012 program and to assess the current condition and
capacity of the facilities.
Study Budget: $480,000
Estimated Construction Cost:
$153 Million
Team:
Aro Eberle Architects
Michael Eberle
-Project Mgr.
-Lead Design

Ballinger
Affiliated Engineering Inc
Henneman Engineering
Mortensen

AERIAL VIEW OF CHEMISTRY COMPLEX
We began the project by performing a facility
condition assessment for the interior spaces of
the Instructional department of the Chemistry
Building. Assessment of the envelope, structure
and mechanical systems for both of the buildings
housing the instructional department were
included in the assessment, as well as a feasibility
assessment of the Medical Sciences Center across MAIN FLOOR DEPARTMENTAL PLAN
the street.
The Instructional Program was evaluated and a
program was established for the future needs
of the department. Several different phasing
strategies were evaluated to map the future
expansion of the facility over the course of the
next 25-50 years.

The program information was used to create
the Schematic Design Concept for the study.
The design concept included innovations to
the laboratory instructional space that adapt
the building to future pedagogies and also INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORY

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