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TEACHERS VILLAGETEACHERS AS AGENTS OF CHANGECan a community of education act as a catalyst forurban revitalization? Can where teachers live affectthe relevance and vibrancy of a neighborhood?Without capes, masks or super-powers, theteachers of Newark, New Jersey are transformingboth the broad horizon of education and the moreintimate future of their community. As residentsof the newly constructed Teachers Village, theseeducators proudly teach in the City’s public,private, and charter schools, patronize local shopsand eateries, and live in purpose-built, teacheroriented residential towers. These buildings serveas a foundation of support for the teachers—fostering an exchange of experiences and ideas,and affording the opportunity to put down rootsand rise to the occasion of Newark’s urban renewal.THE PARTNERSHIPWhile the concept of charter schools has becomereality, the new idea of teachers and education-based communities as purveyors of urbanrenaissance requires a new incarnation of a public-private partnership—such as the one developedby Ron Beit, CEO of the RBH Group, Newark. Tofulfill its vision and mission, RBH—as leaders in realestate financing, development, and managementservices—acquired 77 different parcels of land along11 blighted blocks of Halsey and William Streets.In a complex, virtually one of a kind public-privatepartnership, development assistance and financialbacking came from a wide variety of financialand lending institutions, individual investors, andcity, state, and federal governments. The projectalso received one of the largest residential UrbanTransit Hub Tax Credit allocations in the State ofNew Jersey. The amalgamation of these financialarrangements resulted in the $150 million neededfor the eight-building project. 99 |

$150M THE COMMUNITY The Great Oaks Charter School has been specifically designed to support a curriculum of general classRAISED THROUGH The Halsey Street corridor and neighborhood, time in the morning followed by robust tutoringPUBLIC-PRIVATE also known as an enclave for galleries and artists, sessions in the afternoons. A multi-purpose roomPARTNERSHIP FOR is surrounded by five universities and is in close transforms into a Tutoring Hall, complimented by aTEACHERS VILLAGE proximity to public transportation. To be ideally Commons Area, which is better suited for lower ratio situated in an area conducive to creativity and tutor/student break-out sessions. The Chen School,214 higher education, RBH proposed a built solution to providing daycare for infants, toddlers and Pre-K add re-vamped primary education to the mix—with students has also been specifically designed to meetUNITS OF AFFORDABLE the addition of one big, previously overlooked the needs of an urban daycare center. Common AreasRENTAL HOUSING component—the community of teachers needed to support group play and assemblies, considerationWITHIN TEACHERS not just sustain the schools, but to both anchor and has been given to safety concerns, and a rooftop playVILLAGE drive the surrounding community forward. area has been created for outdoor play in a limited footprint building. KSS has also completed design Research conducted by The RBH Group showed that work on another residential building, which will begin just 19 percent of Newark teachers live in the city construction in the near future. proper; 29 percent live in the New Jersey suburbs; 19 percent live in New York City; and 10 percent live THE RESULT in Jersey City. But when surveyed, Newark teachers were enthusiastic about housing options with shorter Public-private partnerships, by nature of shared- commute times and proximity to restaurants, movie goal, are also well-suited to professional-creative theaters, bars, museums and shopping. partnerships: a collection of individually talented people coming together to design and build not just THE PROPOSAL: Teachers Village—a mixed use a complex of buildings, but a community of learning, educational, residential and retail environment to imagining and achievement. We can conglomerate include three charter schools, a private daycare the finances and create the buildings, but it is not center, 214 units of affordable rental housing until the students, and their teachers, enter and marketed to teachers, and 65,000 sf of high quality use the buildings—bringing them to life, fostering retail in over 20 different businesses. community and bringing forth change—that we can call the project a success. Success can be found in65K sf THE STRATEGY: by investing in the needs and wants Newark’s Teachers Village. of the teachers, the teachers become invested inOF HIGH QUALITY not just their students, but in their surroundingRETAIL WITHIN community as well.TEACHERS VILLAGE THE ELEMENTS Richard Meier, Newark-born and world-renowned architect, designed the community’s master plan. KSS Architects was invited to the project to lend their expertise in charter school understanding and design, utilize their experience with mixed-use properties, and share their passionate commitment to urban renewal through meaningful architecture. KSS began work on the interior of the TEAM charter school, serving students K-4, and the Discovery Charter School, serving middle school students 5th through 8th grades. Making the most of their building’s assets, these two schools, who share the building, also share a common gymnasium and exercise room which is also opened to the residential community by membership after school hours.| 100



NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY WEST CAMPUS STUDENT RESIDENCE The first of many new buildings to position the • To maintain affordable price points for students West Campus as an ideal place to live, work, learn, and families and visit, the proposed residence hall honors the • To meet and exceed NJCU objectives on this pivotal campus project Featuring a number of student-based social and academic amenities, the project fosters a surrounding city’s rich architectural heritage while offering a fulfilling living-learning sanctuary. A keyw Jersey City Universitycomponent to an engaging university urban village, the project team developed the following goals for community both visually stunning and functional as the new West Campus Student Residence Hall:West Campus Student Residence Hall• To develop a vibrant student community that the nexus for West Campus residents. Storefront spaces house student life programs, forming a serves both as an attraction and retention transparent window edge–with program elements tool, bolstering future enrollment goals for the like lounges, cafes, fitness centers, study areas, growing institution and shared kitchens to connect students. Beyond • To provide modern accommodations with added its role as an amazing new locale for dwelling, the privacy and security, along with state-of-the- envisioned residence hall offers a re-imagined, art student amenities fulfilling on-campus living experience. Location: Jersey City, New Jersey 1/20/14 6:42 PM Features: Student housing, Outdoor amenities, Study rooms, Kitchens, Cafes, Laundry rooms, Internet cafe, Fitness Centers, ‘Storefront’ residence life programs| 102

Floor PlansLeave Behind Separate Pages.indd 15 Level 2 View of NJCU West CampusLeave Behind Separate Pages.indd 14 Level 2 FITNESS AND GAME ROOMS Fitness spaces feature modern workout equipment including treadmills, climbing Level 1 and cycling machines, weight machines and free weights.Game rooms serve as a gathering area for socializing and are equipped with recreational activities that Level 1 may include pool table, air hockey, foosball, gaming tables and arcade games. 1/20/14 6:43 PM COURTYARD AMENITIES The design provides a landscaped quadrangle on the interior of the U-shaped building for recreational use. The courtyard’s open space is accessiblefrom the main common areas and may include outdoor amenities such as a fireplace, barbecue station or landscaped spaces for gatherings, meetings or study. 1/20/14 6:43 PM Level 2 Level 1

SPEED-TO-MARKET & SUSTAINABILITY: INDUSTRY’S DYNAMIC DUO By stepping back from the buildings and rethinking day warehouse, with typical lighting and heating the role of manufacturing, distribution, and conditions and a significant equipment energy load, fulfillment centers in the supply chain, we can build consumes about 6,600 mmBTUs per year. A diesel projects that are good for the environment, and good truck consumes about 23 BTUs per mile. If the 100,000 for business. While sustainable metrics like LEED sf warehouse is serviced by 20 trucks per day, 260 days have helped trailblaze the path for green, at the a year, and we can reduce the length of each truck trip end of the day, we need to remember sustainability by 55 miles, then we will have saved enough energy to is not about points, but about the environmental, run the warehouse for the entire year. Furthermore, if economical and community benefits. One of these the trucks have a common starting and going point, benefits is speed-to-market. such as a highway interchange, then the required reduction distance can be cut in half; i.e., locating LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION the warehouse 28 miles closer to the interchange will save enough energy to power the warehouse for The industrial market’s greatest opportunity another entire year. for environmental responsibility coupled with economic benefit is through strategic site selection. SMART INDUSTRIAL ANYWHERE Manufacturing, distribution, and fulfillment centers have the unique attribute of being more than Suburban Cranbury, N.J., is an example of how independent buildings: Each project is a point in a planning and execution has led to a successful large-scale supply chain. To maximize the lifespan, sustainable, yet suburban, site development. capitalize on speed-to-market, and minimize the Adjacent to Interchange 8A of the New Jersey environmental impact of warehouses, we must Turnpike, 30 miles from Port Newark, the Township consider two key factors in the site selection process: of Cranbury considered and promoted warehouse the places and people they will serve and the places and development through a carefully crafted and people that will serve them. reworked zoning ordinance. The ordinance created industrial zones that were located close to the Selecting sites at or adjacent to the hubs where the Turnpike, reducing travel time and impact from truck goods will be transported automatically reduces traffic, and established a mechanism for an improved the overall journey of the goods from arrival to roadway infrastructure that will more efficiently fulfillment and the associated carbon emissions. direct traffic to the turnpike. Furthermore, the township purchased open greenspace and preserved To put into perspective the environmental impact of farmland with the additional revenue the “upzoned” trucking distance, let’s look at the case of a 100,000 industrial district generated. sf warehouse in the Mid-Atlantic region. A modern-| 104

THE IMPORTANCE OF URBANINDUSTRIALThe Cranbury case study illustrates smart industrialdesign can occur in strategic locations. Evengreater gains in sustainability can be realized whenwarehouses are located in an urban setting.Urban industrial sites are not only located close towhere goods are arriving, but they are also closer totheir final destination–the consumers. Urban industryis the first half of the solution to the problemof the last mile.Urban site selection leads to a significant and uniqueenvironmental opportunity: the ability to developformer industrial sites, brownfields, and landfills, andrestore industrial economic infrastructure to formerindustrial cities. These sites, many of which havebecome underutilized, contaminated or abandoned,are near established communities and an availableworkforce, and can provide a source of revenuefor communities. Much of the infrastructure, suchas truck routes, railroad or even dock access, thatsupported the former industry often remains andcan continue to support modern distribution.Distribution centers offer unique opportunities forthe cities that house them. At the edges of urbancenters, large-scale flat roofs offer the opportunityfor power generation; as a rule of thumb, everymillion square feet of solar panels on a roof canpotentially produce one megawatt of electricalenergy. The centers can also offer opportunitiesto reconnect cities to a lost waterfront throughintegrated greenscape and stormwater managementfacilities.In this new vision of urban industrial development,industry no longer drains resources, but providesthem. It no longer damages the environment, butcleans it. It provides employment opportunitiesrather than forcing residents to commute away fromhome. It gets closer to solving the problem of thelast mile. This vision is in practice now. One suchproject is near the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City,N.J., developed by AMB Property Corporation anddesigned by KSS Architects. 105 |

TRANSFORMATION

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

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.| 108



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| 110

“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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SPARKS SOHO OFFICE When Sparks, an innovative brand agency, wanted for events. A bar area doubles as an activity hub to renovate their SoHo offices to express their and primes the space for everything from launch cutting-edge, funky vibe, KSS delivered. Designed parties to think tank roundtables. to promote Sparks’s youthful work environment while also serving as a flexible event space, The atmosphere embodies SoHo’s craftsman, the new offices feature elegant standing desk boutique culture. Modern furnishings complement configurations and an open floor plan. In modest the original brick and milled woodwork, playing square footage, the new offices provide an array to the space’s 5th floor loft feel. Skylights and of programming, from brainstorming areas to glazing at each end of the slender workspace fill it entertaining space. KSS lifted the floor to create an with natural light. Overall, the space’s stylish yet elevated conference area that doubles as a stage authentic ambience fully expresses Sparks’s brand. Location: New York, NY Program: Corporate office Size: 3,700 sf Features: Offices, Standing desk configuration, Bar/kitchen area, Conference room/stage| 114



BUILDING H – BRACCO DIAGNOSTICSBUILDING H – BRACCO DIAGNOSTICSBUILDING H – BRACCO DIAGNOSTICSBUILDING G – NEW CAMPUS CAFEBUILDING G – NEW CAMPUS CAFE BUILDING H – BRACCO DIAGNOSTICS

CREATING LASTINGVALUE THROUGHTRANSFORMATIVEDESIGNCASE STUDY: MATRIX CORPORATECAMPUS AT MONROETurning visions into the reality. Fiercelyreimagining what places can be. Transformingthat of little perceived value into something withlasting value. Ultimately, it takes more courage,conviction and know-how to work with that whichhas been left behind, rather than that which isserved on a blank slate.Matrix Development Group identified one suchopportunity: an abandoned corporate park alongthe New Jersey Turnpike, formerly the RhodiaPharmaceutical Campus. It was dog-eared from itsheyday in the 1970’s, but the existing infrastructureand utilities remained largely intact and usable,with allowances for moderate alterations and codecompliance. Well-traveled access roads to turnpikeInterchange 8A not only preexisted, but had beenwell-designed to handle the load of transportvehicles to and from the surrounding warehouseand distribution centers.By contrast, small, historic towns such as Cranbury,Jamesburg, and Monroe Township, abut thedevelopment, contributing to its neighborhoodfeel. Existing, viable site infrastructure, easy accessto major transportation, and great neighbors (largeand small), add up to three good things—location,location and location—and Matrix knows a goodlocation when they see one.The vision: Maintain the original footprint ofthe development while renewing the site’smaster plan to create a neighborhood feel in thecorporate park. This could only be accomplishedby transforming the large structures of the vastcampus into a strategic collection of buildings ofvarying scale and façade, and re-inventory thebuildings to better position them to attract a rangeof smaller and larger anchor clients. Walking trailsinterlace the buildings and create a central 117 |

park of protected open space to foster both basins. Photovoltaic arrays installed, and wellness and community interaction. One central daylighting maximized. Building envelopes have building is re-purposed as a public café, drawing become high performance, bathroom facilities both corporate and neighborhood diners. Traffic low-flow. HVAC and power delivery systems deliver flow within the campus has been re-examined efficiency. The bottom line? High expectations simplified, directional signage redesigned and road have been met by significantly reducing water and surfaces improved. energy demand. Overall, it is an overhaul—not with a sledgehammer, but with a precise sustainability The past: Honor the initial success of the and performance analysis to make just the right pharmaceutical campus and the impact it made upgrades in just the right places. at one time on the surrounding community. The architectural history of the site has not been Additionally, the property’s resiliency to natural pilfered, demolished or cast away. It lives on. hazards has been significantly increased. Each Maximum effort and sensible expenditure have rehabilitated building incorporates comprehensive been concentrated to transform the campus into sprinkler systems. Entirely new roof and exterior an entity that is more responsive to the current window wall assemblies contribute to each economic development of the community and to building’s high performance envelope, which once again ignite commerce in a complex that lie address waterproofing, thermal insulation and dormant for many years. sound dampening. Wind, rain, fire, and super storms named Sandy—the redevelopment of this corporate In keeping respect for the past, the mature campus has taken steps to plan for the worst, while vegetation of the site has remained undisturbed. continuing to push forward towards success. Buried infrastructure has remained, well, buried. And an interesting piece of history can be found An abandoned corporate campus, when viewed in the café—a preserved section of blast wall from with imagination, expertise and resourcefulness, the pharmaceutical laboratory that had previously presents opportunity to re-use existing worked with volatile chemicals. The dramatic infrastructure, conserve land and energies, create souvenir serves as a point of interest and an efficiencies in time and money, engage surrounding acknowledgement of the campus’s past. Reduce, communities, reenergize local economies, and reuse and recycle is reinterpreted as reimagine, ultimately, promote and practice the overriding reinvent, and reinvigorate. concept of good citizenship. With strategic vision, an abandoned corporate campus can be The impact: Integrated sustainability, preserved transformed into nimble, vibrant and productive indigenous, mature landscaping, and readdressed vehicle for commerce and creativity. For Matrix inherited building systems. Storm water has been Corporation, beyond “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” rehabilitated through detention and retention there exists “Reimagine, Reinvent, Reinvigorate.”| 118

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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| 120



PRINCETON UNIVERSITY INVESTMENT COMPANY 22 CHAMBERS STREET Built in the 1950s, the former medical building at all levels in a central Investment Area with low in downtown Princeton was ill-suited for the workstations that will foster collaboration and professional and modern office environment required awareness of work activities. The design gathered by Princeton University Investment Company, which offices together to improve efficiency and added occupied three of the building’s five stories. areas for informal and formal interactions including a lounge, library and flex space. To begin the significant renovation and reprogramming of space, KSS Architects worked KSS designed the project to meet LEED Silver closely with the University and building occupants Commercial Interiors requirements. The renovation to assess their workflow, ideal work environments, also updated building systems, including HVAC, to and plans for growth. The existing space segregated improve energy efficiency and installed new modern private offices, administrative staff, and workstations architectural finishes, furniture systems, and IT in a different wing, leaving little opportunity for infrastructure. KSS also coordinated construction interaction. KSS reorganized the floors into a modern phasing and helped identify swing space for tenants. and open work environment that integrated workers Location: Princeton, New Jersey Program: Off-campus Administration Building Size: 16,000 sf Features: Reprogramming, Reorganization, Offices, Workstations, Conference Space, Flex Space, Open Workstations, Library Recognition: Designed to meet LEED Silver-CI requirements| 122



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.| 126 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.| 128

WARD PLACE UNIVERSITY CENTERUNIVERSITY CENTER ADDITION & RENOVATION ARTS & SCIENCES & COLLEGETHE CENTER FOR STUDENT AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF NURSING AQUINAS HALL 11 WELCOME MOONEY HALL 7 CENTERADMISSIONS BUILDING COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION SETON DRIVE SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE SETON DRIVE & THE ARTS RICHIE REGAN STAFFORD HALL RECREATION AND STADIUM ATHLETIC CENTERPARKING GARAGE STUDENTSTUDENT APARTMENT KEY: BUILDING RENOVATED NEW BUILDING OR ADDITION APARTMENTS EXISTING TO REMAINCHOICE 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. 129 |

STOCKTON UNIVERSITYV 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| 130



BANCROFT NEUROHEALTH NEW CAMPUS “One world. For everyone.” For nearly 130 years, linked by views and pathways. These buildings and Bancroft has been a leader in breaking down a sensory trail will form natural protective edges boundaries for individuals with neurological to the pedestrian campus, with vehicular traffic challenges, autism, and intellectual and and parking located along the perimeter. Key to developmental disabilities. To progress with its the success of the campus is the introduction innovative continuum of care and to unlock each of a commons building that creates synergies person’s full potential for lifelong learning and between the education and housing programs and fulfillment, Bancroft is relocating programs on their provides nodes of interaction with the surrounding 16 acre Haddonfield campus to a new 30 acre campus. community. With a focus on life skills and job training, the new The Commons houses a clinic and medical/dental campus will provide state-of-the-art facilities for center providing both in- and outpatient services. the Bancroft School, the Lindens, and Transitional Caring for the students’ well-being is paramount, Housing in 178,000 square feet of space. Its buildings and the on-site clinic offers an environment where will be organized around a series of outdoor rooms participants can access necessary services in a safe, which will serve a variety of scales and purposes, comfortable setting. Location: New Jersey Size: 178,000 sf; 90 acres Features: Clinic, Medical/Dental Center, Classrooms, Housing, Pool, Early education and intervention, Elementary school, High school, Commons, Sensory space/therapy rooms, Food Service, Gym/motor rooms, Wawa, Welcome center, Lindens Crisis Housing, Transitional step-down housing Contact: Dennis Morgan, 856.524.7514| 132



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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.| 136



LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY RICHARD & MARGOT WARCH CAMPUS CENTER Lawrence University wanted to create a place for The campus center embraces Appleton’s history as students to experience its vibrant college community the heart of the papermaking industry by facing the and embrace its natural surroundings. By breaking Fox River. Situated on a hill, the building literally down the building’s large scale into sections emerges from the ground. Its materials embody connected by a glass-enclosed Great Hall, the growth, starting with poured concrete finishes at the design team created a village in which students can foundation and lower levels, locally quarried limestone engage the university’s community, circulating both wall panels at mid-level floors, and finally to soaring horizontally and vertically on its interior “streets” to glass panels to symbolize the sky. An illuminated find places to eat, study, and relax with friends. stair tower at the campus center’s northwest corner beckons students, returning alumni, and the town of Appleton to a place of community and pride. Location: Appleton, Wisconsin Size: 110,000 sf new construction Features: Cafe Bookstore, Dining Hall and servery, Theater Meeting rooms, Multi-purpose room, Student performance space, Convenience store, Gallery, Student lounges Recognition: LEED Gold Certification, U.S. Green Building Council Associate Architect: Uihlein/Wilson Architects| 138



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| 140



WHO WE ARE

WE BELIEVE THAT DESIGN CAN CREATEMEANINGFUL AND LASTINGCHANGE FOR OUR CLIENTS, OUR SOCIETY, AND OUR WORLD.

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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 imbedded 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. 145 |

PAMELA LUCAS REW FAIA KSS ARCHITECTS | PARTNERPROFESSIONAL MERITS Pam strives for architecture that reflects the history, place, and potential of each institution and project. She brings a clear understanding of theAIA Design Awards, six projects in recognition of Design dynamics of contemporary life, value of ritual to every project, and strives for Excellence 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“Building for Ongoing Student Center Flexibility.” Academic architecture. Pam balances the needs and desires of many constituents, such Impressions, Revitalizing your Student Life Facilities as administration, faculty, students, and the public. She believes that design Conference. 2015. with a dedication to quality, with an unwavering attention to the joy and craft of detail, have a unique ability to inspire.“Redefining the Master Plan in Tough Economic Times.” Urban Land. 2009. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE“Coffee Cart or Cafe? Campus Center Decisions for Every Cornell College, Thomas Commons Campus Center Institution.” SCUP National Presentation. 2009. Cornell University, Hughes Hall, Renovations Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration, Master Plan and Reno.“Walk this Way: The Campus Tour as a Master Planning Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration, Food Lab Feasibility Study Tool.” SCUP Mid-Atlantic Conference. 2009. Drew University, Brothers College, Academic Building, Master Plan and Reno. Drew University, Ehinger University Center, Addition and Renovation“Learning to Learn: An Institution Ensures the Success of an Drew University, Campus Master Plan Academic Community” SCUP National Presentation. 2005. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Scandling Campus Center, Addition and Renovation Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Stern Hall, Academic Building“Blue Blazers, Green Building.” Eco-structure. 2005. Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences Bloomberg Hall, Add.and Reno.“In Harmony.” Contract. 2005. Kean University, Center for Academic Success, Academic Building“Building of Art Museum Design: Zimmerli Art Museum”. Kean University, Eugene and Shelley Enlow Recital Hall, Renovation Kean University, Human Rights Institute, Addition Contents. 2000. Kean University, Nancy Thompson Library, Addition and Renovation“Montclair University Housing Master Plan.” SCUP Regional Kean University, Nathan Weiss College of Graduate Studies, Add. and Reno. Lafayette College, Dining Services Renovations Conference. 1999. Lafayette College, Farinon Campus Center, Renovations“Transforming Campus Housing: A Case Study of the Lafayette College, Marquis Hall, Renovations Lawrence University, Richard and Margot Warch Campus Center Montclair University Housing Master Plan.” ERAPPA Montclair State University, Student Housing Master Plan Regional Conference. 1998. Ocean County College, William T. Hiering Science Building Princeton University Press, Addition and Renovation | 146 Rowan University, Rohrer College of Business Rutgers University, Biomedical Engineering Building Rutgers University, Newell Apartment Complex, Planning Study and Reno. Rutgers University, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Collection Addition Seton Hall University, University Center and Admissions Stockton University, Campus Center University of Delaware, Alan P. Colburn Laboratory, Addition and Renovation University of Pennsylvania, Pennovation Center Virginia Commonwealth University, Academic Learning Commons Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Academic and 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