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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| 104

“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 UNIVERSITYEHINGER CENTER ADDITION AND RENOVATIONThe original University Center at Drew University students a place “to see and be seen” along theaspired to be a living room for the campus that campus walk. Marketplace dining and informal andwould 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 fellshort of supporting student activity. Adding to the renovation’s complexity and objectives, the design implements several innovative andThe new Ehinger Center has created spaces that economical strategies to give the Ehinger Center theattract and maintain campus flow by capitalizing strong visual presence it needs. For example, ceilingon the building’s coveted site at a crucial hinge heights in select program areas not only increase thebetween residential and academic buildings on building’s visibility on the exterior, but also benefitthe main campus walk and edge of the campus’s the functionality and atmosphere of the space inancient forests. Through the renovation effort, the interior. The new Ehinger Center provides anprogram elements, such as lounge areas and a cafe, engaging, lively, and safe environment reflective ofhave been relocated to the building’s center to give the campus community’s values.Location: Madison, New JerseySize: 30,000 sf renovation; 3,000 sf additionFeatures: Performance spaces, Multipurpose room, Pub, Game room, Dining spaces, Mail room and bookstore relocation, KitchenRecognition: LEED Certified, AIA New Jersey Merit Award 2013



HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGESSCANDLING CAMPUS CENTER ADD. & RENO.Renovating a building in the center of a campus observing, and being observed by, the activitieswithout disrupting the surrounding collegiate around them. The renovation and addition addcommunity takes skill and compassion. Over time, a collection of spaces that fosters interaction inthe Scandling Dining Hall had remained static as various settings. To address the campus’ growth,the HWS campus literally grew around it. Though the design transforms the former backyard ofit dutifully fulfilled its original program, it failed to Scandling into an engaging terrace that welcomessupport the social aspects accompanying the dining the constant flow of people all day.experience. For students, eating is less aboutmore than food, and more about hanging out with Using durable, traditional materials such as slate,friends. The renovation became an opportunity brick, cast stone, and glass to tie into the existingto gather disparate social spaces that had formed building, the project knits the building back intothroughout campus back into the campus center. the vibrant social fabric of the campus. Scandling Campus Center, as it’s now known, has become aToday, students enjoy open spaces that allow them destination for the HWS community to gather.to engage in private conversations all the whileLocation: Geneva, New YorkSize: 18,000 sf addition; 55,000 sf renovationFeatures: Lounges, Cafe, Game room, Meeting rooms, Multipurpose room, Seneca Society recognition, Student activities office, New terrace and entry



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.| 112



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| 114



TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, HEALTH SCIENCE CAMPUS STUDENT FACULTY CENTER + TECH SERVICES Sitting at the heart of the Health Science Campus, A re-designed floor plan and lounge area combine the Center is across from Temple University ease of use and accessibility with a warm color Hospital, one of the premiere medical centers pallet, wood finishes, and soft furnishings that in the nation. Built decades prior, the facility absorb sound and enable flexible arrangements for was not being utilized to its full potential— dynamic use. A grand communicating stair, paired the renovation activated the first and second with ample overlooks and window panoramas, floors, improving overall building utilization, offers views between the first and second floors. connectivity, and collaborative learning. Transparency, openness, and warmth prompts vibrant interactions across user groups. Strategic program elements reinvigorated the space, including a modernized Student Activities As the nuclear of the satelliete campus, the suite, a robust Tech Center, and a public-access rejuvenated Faculty Student Center sends an open, Starbucks with a prominent storefront to fuel welcoming invitation to students, faculty, staff and study and socialization. These program elements in visitors to connect, communicate, and collaborate— tandem draw users to the building, supplying with to relax, study and prepare—to take on the world much-needed amenities. of Health Science. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Size: 27,800 sf renovation Features: New technology lab, Starbucks, Monumental stair, Renovated student lounge & student activities office suite, Bathroom addition, Systems upgrade Project Cost: $4.8 million| 116

“This renovation provides an invitation to the entirecampus community to connect, relax, and collaborate in a safe, warm, and welcoming space on campus.” FILIP PONGRATZ, ASSOC. DIR. OF STUDENT CENTER OPERATIONS, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

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 Interior Designer: Sheila Nall, ASID 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| 118



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.| 122 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

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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.| 124

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. 125 |

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UNIVERSITYCENTERUNIVERSITY CENTERADDITION & RENOVATION ARTS & SCIENCES & COLLEGETHE CENTER FOR STUDENT AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF NURSING WELCOME CENTERADMISSIONS BUILDING SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE SETON DRIVESTUDENTSTUDENT APARTMENT KEY:BUILDING RENOVATED NEW BUILDING OR ADDITION APARTMENTS EXISTING TO REMAIN 127 |

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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.

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.| 130

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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| 132



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