KSS Architects Capabilities - Higher Education

COMPLEXITY OFFERS RICHNESS OF EXPERIENCE—MANY DIVERSE PARTS ADDING UP TO A WHOLE THAT TRANSCENDS THEM ALL.

EMORY UNIVERSITY AND GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY THE LIBRARY SERVICE CENTER Thousands of items are added to the library The Library Service Center is a 55,000 sf structure collections of Emory University and Georgia Institute that includes a 21,000 sf Processing Center and of Technology each year. Premium space is limited, 34,000 sf Conditioned Book Archive Module. It will yet expectations and demand for materials remain hold approximately 3.75 million volumes, expanding high. Where can these compendia be housed, yet total capacity to 7.5 million volumes via a 34,000 still be readily accessible? The answer: high-capacity, sf second module. Technical specifications are climate controlled off-campus library storage. designed to meet FM Global Standards: the building features advanced temperature and humidity Located at Emory University’s Briarcliff Property control to maintain collections at 50 degrees or in Atlanta, Georgia, The Library Service Center is 30% RH, and includes a 250 sf Video Vault and a designed to be a state of the art, long-term climate 200 sf Blast Freezer. Construction is slated for controlled archive facility that will house the completion by October of 2015. Resource and combined library collections of Emory and Georgia knowledge sharing to begin soon thereafter. Tech. The goal of the facility, in addition to storage, preservation and archiving, is to improve use of the joint collection of resources for the students and faculty of both institutions. Location: Atlanta, Georgia Program: Library storage facility Size: 55,000 sf Features: Holds 3.75 million volumes, Advanced temperature control, Advanced humidity control, Video Vault, Cold Storage Vault, Blast Freezer| 52



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CORNELL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF HOTEL ADMINISTRATION The prominent location of the School of Hotel At the heart of the school, the innovative Administration (SHA) at Cornell University’s south orientation of the classrooms and auditorium entrance symbolizes SHA’s role on campus and in the creates a three-story atrium that is highly coveted world as the leading institution of hospitality and for school and private functions. The building is hotel management. However, its existing building also home to the Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality was anything but hospitable. Often confused with the Entrepreneurship, a leading industry innovator. adjoining Statler Hotel, it had become an accumulation of spaces that neither attracted nor engaged students. As the project’s second phase, the Statler Tower renovation captured additional space in the building The new Beck Center reinforces the school’s mission and added to the prominence of SHA in the campus of hospitality with an expansive glass curtain wall fabric. The expansion and renovation of the tower, facade that essentially turns the building inside formerly used to store theater sets, created a out, exposing the activity inside. Four new tiered multidisciplinary research and entrepreneurship classrooms and one renovated 775-seat auditorium center and added a multistory curtain wall that form the cornerstone of the academic program. welcomes visitors to Cornell’s campus. Location: Ithaca, New York Size: 36,000 sf addition and 16,000 sf renovation Features: Case study rooms, Computer laboratories, General classrooms, 775-seat auditorium, Hospitality suite for events, Fly tower renovation, Lobby/reception Recognition: American Institute of Architects New Jersey, Merit Award (2nd phase), American Institute of Architects New Jersey, Honor Award (1st phase), American Institute of Architects Philadelphia, Merit Award (1st phase)| 56



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FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY CENTER The newly renovated University Center creates a ‘front door’ past the event rooms, gallery, and dynamic, student-centered facility that kindles learning marketplace dining, the main street graciously steps opportunities and collaboration between students, down toward the center of campus to wrap along faculty, and community. A comfortable “living room” the quad in a dramatic double-height student lounge for students to meet, relax, study, and socialize, the space. The transparency of the elevation into quad- University Center is transformed into an architectural level lounge will captivate the campus community as centerpiece to enliven the nearby quad and showcase it displays student life 24/7. The new additions to the the student life of FSU. It is the place to “see and be north and west seamlessly link many of the facility’s seen” and a hub for student life. most important features and functions. With its transformation the University Center The new University Center provides connections becomes a front door and gateway to the campus, a for faculty and students, space for formal and window into student life and a resource for academic informal learning, and achieves a real “wow” factor and social activities. The center will be an open and through the use of design elements that showcase engaging place for the University and Big Rapids the activities within through light, color, and rich community to come together. Organized along an building materials. internal “street” which flows from the campus Location: Big Rapids, Michigan Size: 135,000 sf (112,00 sf renovation; 23,00 sf addition) Features: Event rooms, Meeting rooms, Informal lounges, Bookstore, Student organization offices, Career services, Coffee shop, Dining, Emporium, Tech services, Student life offices Associate Architect: Neumann/Smith Architecture| 60



SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE BARBARA WALTERS CAMPUS CENTER Sarah Lawrence College is where Barbara Walters needs and desires of students and stakeholders. learned to ask questions, where she cultivated her The result? The BWCC will be a gathering place curiosity and confidence. The new Barbara Walters for students’ formal and informal socializing, Campus Center will weave together the college’s conversation, and collaborative work—where intellectual, cultural, and social threads, acting students can congregate, unwind, and connect. as a platform for sharing and showcasing Sarah It will be a platform to highlight the impact and Lawrence’s community achievements—and its legacy of Sarah Lawrence’s pioneering education, uniqueness. exemplified by the wide-ranging contributions and archives of their celebrated alumna, Barbara With a design approach that honors the layered, Walters. It will be a place that shines a light on the natural landscape that so seamlessly characterizes aspirations of the Sarah Lawrence community—so the Sarah Lawrence experience, KSS infused the that thousands more students can pioneer new process with a robust suite of visioning sessions, fields, create innovative tools for society, and build gathering deep research and insights onto the the communities that make those dreams possible. Location: Bronxville, New York Size: 31,000 sf new construction Features: Meeting spaces, Dining facilities, Atrium, Multipurpose spaces, Student specialty spaces, Informal hang out spaces, Archives, Gallery, Support spaces| 62

“This is a college where students and their teachers extend their intellectual discourse beyond the classroom, hampered only by the limited number ofcommon spaces. The new campus center will providea venue for an even greater degree of this expression of the College’s unique approach to learning.” DEAN JERRILYNN D. DODDS, SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE

KEAN UNIVERSITY HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE Kean University conceived the Human Rights share a new light-filled entry finished with cast Institute as an educational center to promote stone and wood panels, leading to three floors global understanding and diversity through housing an open exhibition space, a large reading outreach to the academic and regional room featuring club seating and group work areas, communities. The nature of the institute’s mission study rooms, offices, and two large seminar rooms to become a prominent, interactive repository of that will accommodate lectures, classes, and information, programs, and resources made Kean’s administrative spaces. The design incorporates Nancy Thompson Library an ideal location because bamboo flooring, recycled carpet tiles, and of opportunities to share references and spaces clerestory windows to reinforce the message of common to both programs. international and environmental awareness. Slate treads of the staircase leading to the institute’s The institute, an exciting addition to the library, second-floor reception area are engraved with conveys its mission while preserving its distinct universal messages from human rights leaders. but interconnected role. The institute and library Location: Union, New Jersey Size: 12,000 sf addition Features: Exhibit hall, Gallery, Administration, Reading room, Outdoor garden Recognition: Honor Award, AIA New Jersey| 64



TRANSFORMATION

TRANSFORMATION IS A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN KNOWLEDGE, IDENTITY, ORPERSPECTIVE—MAPPING OUR CHANGE-VISIONS ON THE WORLD WHILE HOLDING DEAR OUR VALUES.

CORNELL COLLEGE THOMAS COMMONS CAMPUS CENTER The addition and renovation to Thomas Commons glass fill the building with natural light and break brings sweeping changes to Cornell’s student center, down barriers so students can “see and be seen.” adding a welcoming entrance and lobby and glass- The modern dining and servery provide a greater enclosed marketplace dining addition. Located along variety of fresh food stations. The new open plan the campus walk, the new Commons creates outdoor offers engaging views from the lobby through the spaces which frame the beautiful campus landscape marketplace to the valley beyond. An addition to and support the ebb and flow of student life. A new the east along the campus walk increases dining and façade to the 1966 building adds vibrancy and blends event space. The Orange Carpet, Cornell’s popular with Cornell’s historic campus and architecture. In “living room” area, remains the building’s unique hub. refining the building’s image and identity, the project creates a front door to the college, embodying its The project will result in a striking building that cultural and architectural heritage and providing a meets the highest needs and goals, while leaving showcase of campus life and achievements. room for additional growth. Giving new life to the Thomas Commons will foster what has always been The existing Commons’ flat roofline is tempered by Cornell’s strength—its community. a pitched roof on the new additions. Large areas of Location: Mount Vernon, Iowa Size: 69,000 sf renovation; 7,500 sf addition Features: Dining rooms and marketplace Lounge spaces, Welcoming entry, Classrooms, Student organization office, Fitness room, Multi-purpose room, Meeting rooms, Campus store, Mailroom Associate Architect: OPN Architects Recognition: Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Award, 2015| 68

“The new entrance areas represent a staggering wow factor for our students and are dramatically different from what we have today. When complete, the new Thomas Commons will be a warm andwelcoming center of activity that entices students to enter, and once inside, to feel like they belong here.” —TRUSTEE DEAN RIESEN ‘79, CORNELL COLLEGE

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DREW UNIVERSITY EHINGER CENTER ADDITION AND RENOVATION The original University Center at Drew University students a place “to see and be seen” along the aspired to be a living room for the campus that campus walk. Marketplace dining and informal and would welcome all members of the campus formal gathering spaces, like a multipurpose room, community, host events, and encourage students stimulate social interaction and artistic expression. to hang out. Yet the existing one-story building fell short of supporting student activity. Adding to the renovation’s complexity and objectives, the design implements several innovative and The new Ehinger Center has created spaces that economical strategies to give the Ehinger Center the attract and maintain campus flow by capitalizing strong visual presence it needs. For example, ceiling on the building’s coveted site at a crucial hinge heights in select program areas not only increase the between residential and academic buildings on building’s visibility on the exterior, but also benefit the main campus walk and edge of the campus’s the functionality and atmosphere of the space in ancient forests. Through the renovation effort, the interior. The new Ehinger Center provides an program elements, such as lounge areas and a cafe, engaging, lively, and safe environment reflective of have been relocated to the building’s center to give the campus community’s values. Location: Madison, New Jersey Size: 30,000 sf renovation; 3,000 sf addition Features: Performance spaces, Multipurpose room, Pub, Game room, Dining spaces, Mail room and bookstore relocation, Kitchen Recognition: LEED Certified, AIA New Jersey Merit Award 2013| 72



WHYY PUBLIC MEDIA DORRANCE H. HAMILTON PUBLIC MEDIA COMMONS The Hamilton Public Media Commons at WHYY programmable LED lighting that create colorful, presents exciting opportunities to educate dynamic displays reflective of ongoing activity communities about digital media while enlivening a inside—the first installation of this kind in the major streetscape in Center City Philadelphia. The U.S. Cast stone finishes lead visitors inside to the 7th Street corridor, utilitarian in form, previously “Portal,” an open reception space and video gallery comprised parking lots and the backs of buildings. showcasing student work. A window on 7th Street A solid and enclosed space, though fitting for the allows the public to view the programming inside studio program, would have been counterproductive The Lincoln Financial Digital Education Studio for to the project’s mission of outreach. large-scale student productions. Through innovation and technology, KSS Architects The Public Media Commons has become a popular designed a learning lab that addresses the project’s destination on the existing Technology Center’s multifaceted goals. Outside, the building skin is “Main Street,” an open public space that leads to composed of translucent white panels featuring major functions. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Size: 7,500 sf new construction; 4,000 sf renovation Features: Digital production studio, Community center, Multipurpose space, Classrooms, Mural in partnership with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Recognition: American Institute of Architects New Jersey, Design Merit Award, 2010. First Place, 3form Best Installation Contest, 2010.| 74



STOCKTON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS CENTER In the vast region of preserved forests and supports environmental responsibility and wetlands known as the New Jersey Pinelands, preserves Stockton’s natural setting. Sited at the Stockton University is naturally situated to become head of a future campus green, the campus center a leading practitioner of sustainable design. As the has become a destination that greets visitors and college continues to grow, it faces the challenges of fulfills everyday services of the community. creating a campus able to attract top students and faculty, meet the needs of academic and collegiate The design translates the existing forested life, and simultaneously celebrate its integration transition between the college and outside and place in nature. community by using organic, nature-inspired architectural details such as soaring columns The new building provides a place where the topped by outstretched trusses reminiscent of community can truly realize the Stockton tree limbs, and a drop ceiling canopy created from University values and culture. KSS coordinated wood panels. Sustainable design elements include managing the college’s project budget with Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage, an energy- designing a social and cultural center that efficient geothermal heating and cooling system. Location: Pomona, New Jersey Size: 153,000 sf new construction Features: Meeting spaces, Dining facilities, Bookstore, Retail destinations, Theater, Informal hang out spaces, Admissions, Dean of Students, Student services Recognition: Special Citation, American School & University Educational Interiors Showcase. LEED Gold certification. Associate Architect: VMDO Architects| 76



PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The staff of Princeton University’s Office of personnel who were scattered throughout the information Technology had a long wish list for their campus under one roof in a building that fosters new administrative building. Though they enjoyed collaboration in light-filled, open spaces. The being a part of the exciting university atmosphere, flexibility of the design balances connectivity, their existing facilities were inadequate on both security and privacy, according to the users’ needs. the exterior and interior. They had termed their concrete and glass masonry block finishes as “1960s As the first Princeton building to be sited riot architecture” and found their disorganized off-campus that is completely dedicated to interior layout counterproductive. From the lack of administrative functions, it will become a new model collaborative work and meeting spaces to the poor for housing the university’s administrative services. interior environment, lighting and individual office Relocating staff to a new location just off campus desks, the occupants were ready for a fresh start. made “change management” of crucial importance. KSS Architects led the change management process The new administration building at 701 Carnegie by helping staff and people acclimate to the new Center becomes the information/technology hub for site and by bringing the essence of the Princeton Princeton University and brings the administrative University into the new building. Location: Princeton, New Jersey Scope: Additions and Renovations Construction Cost: $24 million Year Completed: 2009 Size: 120,000 sf Features: Computer labs, Computer training spaces, Collaborative work spaces, Fitness center, Cafe Recognition: LEED Gold Certification, U.S. Green Building Council| 78



STEWARDSHIP

THROUGH STEWARDSHIP, WE CELEBRATE EVERYENTITY'S INHERENT DIGNITY & PURPOSE, VALUING PEOPLE, PLACE & PLANET FOR WHAT THEY COULD BE, AND FOR WHAT THEY ARE.

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF CAMPUS Time flies in strong relationships. To date, KSS’s the initial call, KSS has become a trusted advisor partnership with Seton Hall has spanned more to Seton Hall, taking on all scale projects from a than 25 projects over four years’ time. Seton Hall Science Building and Field House addition to a Fine originally came to KSS with a project initiation Arts Studio and a Parking Deck Study, and more study to define its new University Center. Digging project continuing the relationship. deeper, KSS discovered additional considerations and issues involving a residence hall, academic SHARED VISION: classrooms and a parking facility. Together, Seton Hall and KSS defined goals, impacts, and schedules By working with Seton Hall to author its Master to initiate a campus development to establish Plan, KSS has been able to strengthen the iconic a cohesive vision, create diversity, support image of the University and to reinforce its Campus community, and encourage student success. Green by employing a broader, multi-project approach, encompassing numerous Halls and the Not one to shy away from a challenge, KSS worked new University Center. Considered a model working to create a Master Plan to address and help to relationship, KSS, as steward for the University and visualize the architectural requirements of project its Master Plan, has been able to better serve its needs. Today, having gone above and beyond client by taking a broader, more global perspective, versus a project-by-project approach.| 82 Location: South Orange New Jersey Size: 200,000 sf proposed Features: Informal lounges, Chapel/campus ministry, Admissions/welcome center, 250-seat auditorium, Campus store/C-store, Event rooms, Meeting rooms, Dining hall, Restaurant, Cafe, Retail food court, Administration offices, Student organization offices, Career services, Board room



PLACE MATTERS – CREATING DIVERSITY IN know that 70% of learning takes place outside of LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: the classroom, it is the spaces in between that hold the most promise for ideation and the cross- Seton Hall strives to be a home for the mind, the pollination of thinking. By balancing formal learning heart, and the spirit of a diverse student body. spaces with informal gathering spaces, Stafford In alignment with its Strategic Plan and its focus Hall offers a rich, collaborative, and welcoming on distinction in academics and scholarship, the learning environment. creation of Stafford Hall improves the quantity and quality of academic space on campus. SIZE MATTERS – CREATING COMMUNITY: The Hall’s12 state-of-the-art, technology-rich Housing approximately 500 students on four floors, classrooms are designed to be modular and Aquinas Hall felt vast -- and potentially untenable. flexible to support various styles of teaching and How to make it feel more like a neighborhood? Like learning. From didactic lectures to project-based a home? It needed to be broken down in scale in collaborations, Stafford Hall readily responds to order to be built up into a community. both traditional and nontraditional methods of instruction and exploration. Additionally, as we Floor by floor, quadrant by quadrant, KSS placed social and study lounges in each “neighborhood”,Since the University Center initiation study and designed community environments to feelfour years ago, KSS’s partnership with SHU collaborative and inviting. Color-coded detailinghas since grown to over 25 projects – was added for visitor wayfinding; exposed pipingencompassing community, housing, dining, and cables concealed for visual appeal. 18 ADA-student success, and access to resources. accessible rooms were added, reflecting the university’s commitment to the inclusion of all. In the renovation of a large residence hall, it’s the little things that make a big difference.| 84

CHOICE MATTERS – CREATING VARIETY IN GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR GRAND SPACES:DINING HALLS: The Great Hall at Seton Hall is strategically in closeA side of Architecture can truly enhance a dining proximity to the dining area, further supportingexperience. The dining venues of today play a the students by offering collaborative studyunique and important role on college campuses -- rooms, meeting rooms and event space. Thisnot just what students eat, but how they dine, can grand hall provides students, faculty, and themake an enormous difference in their campus life campus community with a central gathering placeexperience. By bringing students, faculty and staff on campus, at the same time creating the fabrictogether, dining helps to foster the interaction that that weaves the campus together. Architectureis so vital to promoting student engagement and seemingly centered on dining can in reality createcampus community. additional forums for learning and collaboration, leading to satisfaction and success in students’Fresh ideas in dining are modeled on a “diner” by University experience.presenting an array of food choices supportedby a variety of dining environments. The large Taking on a master plan refresh, KSS incorporatedhall is subdivided into smaller-scale, interesting SHU’s missions, goals, and targeted growth toseating venues to capture the imagination, and assess potential campus projects within budgetarymeet the nutritional and social need of the diners. limitations. Responding to initial concerns withConsideration is also given as to how dining is a large scale University Center, KSS examinedintegrated into the overall learning environment multiple planned options, working with estimators– combining spaces that are adjacent to or easily and subject experts to present phased alternativesaccessible from the dining area to elicit a positive – permitting for undisturbed service operationseffect on the student learning experience. and exceeding the objectives of the initial request. 85 |



UNIVERSAL DESIGNTHAT CONNECTSTO NATURECASE STUDY: BANCROFT CAMPUS“One world. For everyone.” For nearly 130 years,Bancroft has been a leader in breaking downboundaries for individuals with neurologicalchallenges, autism, and intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities. To progress with itsinnovative continuum of care—to better unlockeach person’s full potential for lifelong learningand fulfillment—Bancroft is relocating programson their 16-acre Haddonfield Campus to a new30-acre campus.KSS Architects is partnering with Bancroft to bringinsight and expertise to the architecture thatwill shape the campus as a multi-faceted learningand support tool—engaging and empowering thestudents, while championing their families andassisting the staff in reaching each child’s goal ofbecoming their best and highest selves.For our work on Bancroft’s campus, we designedto make the most of Bancroft’s convenient accessto transportation networks as well as vocationalopportunities within the nearby office park andadjacent retail businesses. Furthermore, the newcampus is surrounded by farm fields, streams anda pond. These environmental features inspired thedesign of the transitional housing, organized arounda series of outdoor rooms with varied scales andpurposes. Views and pathways link these rooms,creating a sensory trail forming a natural, protectiveedge to the walkable, explorable campus. 87 |

The overarching concept of Bancroft’s campus is to used area. Additionally, The Commons houses a create balance and support transition by connecting clinic and dental and medical center providing both to nature. The design is predicated upon Bancroft’s in- and outpatient services to care for residents’ holistic concept of balancing needs, comfort and health and well-being. The Lindens, the most personal growth for each student and thoughtfully intensive residential units, are grouped as a serene nurturing each individual’s transition in a sensory- discreet quadrangle. Program elements include a rich setting. Transitional architecture, in step smaller group of more secluded homes in a natural with nature, builds a supportive and innovative setting with semi-private gardens to provide private framework promoting student, teacher, caregiver, opportunities for families to spend time together. and family success. As the new campus’s architecture and navigation system intentionally transition from The Transitional Housing area groups homes along private residences to public areas, a secondary the quadrangle with uninterrupted views to the transition is cued: that from comfort zone to growth Commons Building, the Vocational Village and the zone, from home-life comfort to life-skill learning. School – providing a clear, visual connection to Nature, a proven collaborator in learning, eases community. For these residents, days begin and end transition and promotes balance by maintaining a in the close comfort of their homes grouped along constant presence. Both indoors and out, sensory the green. learning opportunities abound. Walking paths to the Commons Building, for school, CREATING NURTURED TRANSITIONS activities and friends, become open and accessible, FOR GROWTH AND SUCCESS visually cuing transitions to learning and working. Beyond the classrooms and activity rooms, public Programming plays a significant role in supporting space expands to encourage engagement with transitions at Bancroft – the Campus is wholly friends, family and guests. Sessions and days close designed with a community center as its heart, with the return to the comfortable and familiar. drawing individuals towards engagement. “The Each day’s journey builds knowledge and trust – key Commons”, a 24/7 facility, includes the Vocational ingredients for growth. Village, the Conference and Training Center, and spaces for arts, music, and fitness, such as the The Bancroft School houses a multitude of recreation and therapy pool. The Commons is a classrooms ranging from Early Education to High shared resource among students, residents, families, School/Vocational. These flexible classrooms adapt staff, and public—and a highly collaborative, greatly to meet the diverse needs of each student. The academic environments are complimented by therapeutic, life-skill, social and playtime settings. Coming full circle, it is the Commons Building that draws the community together – from the more sheltered wings of the school, to the mock set- ups of the Vocational Village – program elements here visualize progression—witnessing challenges, celebrating success. The programming of the Commons provides innumerable nodes of interaction, capitalizing on every opportunity for residents to engage: a shared meal, a greeting in a corridor, a cacophony of musical instruments, embodying Bancroft as a sensory-rich, diverse, forward-looking community.| 88

LINDENS HOUSING QUAD BEHAVIORAL CLINIC JOB TRAININGTRANSITIONAL LIVING VOCATIONAL VILLAGE LIFE SKILLS & TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM MEDICAL & DENTAL CLINIC TRAINING CENTER ELEMENTARY & HIGH SCHOOL

STOCKTON UNIVERSITY POMONA COMMUNITY OF LEARNING KSS Architects teamed up with American Campus each house four bedroom/two bathroom apartment- Communities to develop a dynamic and engaging style units. In keeping with the architecture of community concept for Stockton College. In Stockton’s Campus Center its natural environment, keeping with the College’s Master Plan and the low-rise residential buildings are designed with outlook for future growth, the plan focuses on entry porches, cast stone features and siding with environmental responsibility and an academic the appearance of wood grain. Building entrances response to development. Organized into three and public spaces have large areas of glass to zones, the plan includes athletic fields and sports provide transparency of community activities within venues in its outer and most public zone; well- and views to nature. Low-rise housing is paired integrated parking that meshes with the landscape with a residential tower, featuring a community and ecosystem in the center zone; and residential center and offices on the ground floor and student buildings and the Community of Learning in the residences on floors two through 12. A windowed innermost private zone. multipurpose room offers sweeping views of the Pinelands on the top floor. Overall, the plan is sited The plan includes six low-rise residential buildings with sensitivity to the existing forest and preserved with each three-story building featuring a walk-up ecosystem of the Pinelands, as well as connection to design with eight units on each floor. The buildings the surrounding community. Location: Pomona, New Jersey Program: A vibrant living-learning community Size: 226,639 sf; 752 beds Features: Residential tower, Low-rise apartment-style housing, Fitness center, Business center, Study rooms, Mail center, Social lounge, Gaming lounge, Outdoor patio, Reception and lobby, Offices, Multi-purpose room, Storage areas, Field house, Outdoor concessions| 90



THE MORRIS ARBORETUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA METASEQUOIA VIEWING STRUCTURE For more than 50 years, a majestic grove of To minimize its impact with the trees’ complex Metasequoia trees has risen high above the root system, the structure has only three support verdant landscape of the Morrisville Arboretum. legs. As visitors ascend the stairs to the basket, Revered for their rapid growth and beautiful bolted connections in the structure’s steel frame straight trunks, the Dawn redwoods had surpassed allow it to flex with their movements, similar to 100 feet since their introduction to the arboretum the sway of tree branches subjected to load and in the 1950s. Accompanying their growing stature, wind. The viewing structure has reinvigorated the unfortunately, was their growing isolation from arboretum visitors’ interest and interaction with visitors below them. Working with two artists the Metasequoias. It also takes sustainable design commissioned to build a new on-site addition, KSS to a new level: Not only is the structure built using Architects translated their visions into a viewing sustainable materials and construction methods, but structure that gives visitors the ability to enter it solely exists to foster a sustainable relationship and experience the tree canopies as easily as birds. between humans and the environment. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Size: 200 sf Features: Sustainable materials, Tripod structure to minimize impact on root systems Recognition: American Institute of Architects New Jersey, Merit Award, 2006.| 92



CAPE ELEUTHERA INSTITUTE LIVING AND LEARNING CENTER To keep pace with its expanding research and The facility’s design is sympathetic to the education program, Cape Eleuthera Institute vernacular of the Bahamas to support the idea of needed to create new living and learning living sustainability and respecting the indigenous communities for long-term researchers and full- environment. Sited around an existing mangrove, time faculty. The new housing facility creates a the new building needs to be self-sufficient due vibrant environment where faculty, researchers, to its remote location. With a cistern, gray water and the Institute community at large can gather, collection and recycling, photovoltaic panels, and socialize, and interact. Framing the edge of a solar thermal collection for hot water, the building quad at the entrance to campus, the new building seeks to be completely independent of the grid welcomes residents and truly encapsulates the and is a net exporter of electricity. It is designed to Institute’s environmental mission. achieve Living Building and LEED Gold certifications. Location: Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas Program: Residence Hall, Open Kitchen/Dining, Library, Meeting Space, Apartment Size: 15,000 sf Recognition: Designed to Living Building and LEED Gold Certifications| 94





WHO WE ARE

Guidance • Relationships • Innovation • Design

KSS ARCHITECTS FIRM HISTORY EXPERTS KSS Architects is a full-service architecture, AT BUILDING BONDS BETWEEN planning, and interior design firm in Princeton, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PEOPLE, PROJECT, CLIENT, Since our founding in Princeton in 1983, KSS AND COMMUNITY Architects has matured, growing in size, abilities, and ambitions. KSS today has a staff of near RELATIONSHIPS that are lasting 60 talented and dedicated design professionals passionate about creating built environments that We believe that deep human relationships are the stimulate commerce, learning, and community. heart of all great architecture. We value building those relationships as much as the building ofWE THINK LIKE OWNERS GUIDANCE through the process stone and steel. We are experts at building bonds between people and project, client and community.STEWARDING ALL Our clients are leaders in the fields of business, Our firm creates design solutions that facilitate RESOURCES industry, education, development, cultural and and celebrate these interwoven relationships, social impact. They call us their trusted advisor creating rich and rewarding communities. because we have honed a process of ideation, built upon intensive listening, deep research, and DESIGN that inspires collaborative imagining. We think like owners, stewarding all the resources of the project to the Architecture, when steeped in expertise greatest return. We have earned the trust of our and insight, can affect meaningful change— clients to lead them through challenges, manage transforming the heart of the matter beyond the process, and exceed their goals with design metal and mortar, into empowerment, creativity, that inspires and execution that delivers. knowledge and achievement. Thoughtful detail embedded in a structure cultivates change - INNOVATION in the intersections  meaningful and lasting change. We consistently use creativity to turn opportunity into reality. We are relentless and fearless in our reimagining of what places can be, creating meaningful innovation that realizes many goals at once. Although we face a world more complex than ever before, our inquisitive minds and deep expertise provide the unique ability to solveRELENTLESS IN REIMAGINING challenges with elegant, effective solutions that goWHAT PLACES CAN BE beyond single paradigm design. 99 |

PROFESSIONAL MERITS PAMELA LUCAS REW FAIAAIA Design Awards, six projects in recognition of Design KSS ARCHITECTS | PARTNER Excellence Pam strives for architecture that reflects the history, place, and potential“Building for Ongoing Student Center Flexibility.” Academic of each institution and project. She brings a clear understanding of the Impressions, Revitalizing your Student Life Facilities dynamics of contemporary life, value of ritual to every project, and strives for Conference. 2015. architecture that reflects time, context, and values. Driven by empathy for a place and its community, she has had a broad and incisive impact on campus“Redefining the Master Plan in Tough Economic Times.” architecture. Pam balances the needs and desires of many constituents, such Urban Land. 2009. as administration, faculty, students, and the public. She believes that design with a dedication to quality, with an unwavering attention to the joy and craft“Coffee Cart or Cafe? Campus Center Decisions for Every of detail, have a unique ability to inspire. Institution.” SCUP National Presentation. 2009. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE“Walk this Way: The Campus Tour as a Master Planning Tool.” SCUP Mid-Atlantic Conference. 2009. Cornell College, Thomas Commons Campus Center Cornell University, Olin Hall, Renovations“Learning to Learn: An Institution Ensures the Success of an Cornell University, Hughes Hall, Renovations Academic Community” SCUP National Presentation. 2005. Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration, Master Plan & Reno. Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration, Food Lab Feasibility Study“Blue Blazers, Green Building.” Eco-structure. 2005. Drew University, Brothers College, Academic Building, Master Plan & Reno.“In Harmony.” Contract. 2005. Drew University, Ehinger University Center, Addition and Renovation“Building of Art Museum Design: Zimmerli Art Museum”. Drew University, Campus Master Plan Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Scandling Campus Center, Addition & Renovation Contents. 2000. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Stern Hall, Academic Building“Montclair University Housing Master Plan.” SCUP Regional Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences Bloomberg Hall, Add. & Reno. Kean University, Center for Academic Success, Academic Building Conference. 1999. Kean University, Eugene and Shelley Enlow Recital Hall, Renovation“Transforming Campus Housing: A Case Study of the Kean University, Human Rights Institute, Addition Kean University, Nancy Thompson Library, Addition & Renovation Montclair University Housing Master Plan.” ERAPPA Kean University, Nathan Weiss College of Graduate Studies, Add. & Reno. Regional Conference. 1998. Lafayette College, Dining Services Renovations Lafayette College, Farinon Campus Center, Renovations | 100 Lafayette College, Marquis Hall, Renovations Lawrence University, Richard and Margot Warch Campus Center Montclair State University, Student Housing Master Plan Ocean County College, William T. Hiering Science Building Princeton University Press, Addition & Renovation Rowan University, Rohrer College of Business Rutgers University, Biomedical Engineering Building Rutgers University, Newell Apartment Complex, Planning Study & Reno. Rutgers University, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Collection Addition Seton Hall University, University Center & Admissions Stockton University, Campus Center University of Delaware, Alan P. Colburn Laboratory, Addition & Renovation University of Pennsylvania, Pennovation Center Virginia Commonwealth University, Academic Learning Commons Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Academic & Music Building Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Campus Master Plan EDUCATION Master of Architecture, University of Virginia Bachelor of Arts, High Honors, Hobart and William Smith Colleges